“It’s very important to have her support,” he said. Jeff Parker, the president of the tribe’s executive council, said the agreement he and Granholm quietly signed on Nov. John Engler and the Bay Mills Indian Community of Chippewa County, which is in Stupak’s district. The measure would pave the way for a Port Huron casino by providing congressional approval of a land-settlement deal originally made in August 2002 by former Gov. 2176, a bill introduced eight months ago by Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, the leaders of the House Committee on Natural Resources.The committee has scheduled a Feb. “I strongly encourage you to support this legislation,” the governor wrote in a letter to Rep. It also opens the door for building the casino at Desmond Landing rather than at the Thomas Edison Inn. The new deal would increase the state’s share of gaming revenues by as much as $30 million a year. Jennifer Granholm modified the state’s 5½-year-old agreement with an Upper Peninsula tribe. The long-stalled effort to open an Indian-owned casino in Port Huron has received a major boost from Michigan’s governor, who has thrown her support behind the project. Granholm’s support improves the odds for a riverfront casino I read this just after I assign my students a project to assess the Port Huron deal….įrom the Port Huron Times Herald: Gambling on Port Huron
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