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BIA: Casino OK
Federal agency approves Kenosha casino plan; Walker to have nal say
BY JOE POTENTE

jpotente@kenoshanews.com The Menominee Nation on Friday received long-awaited federal approval of its Kenosha casino project. Now, its time to wait for nal action from Gov. Scott Walker, who said he will stick to the high bar he has set for offreservation casino approvals. But Menominee leaders expressed hope Friday that Walker will be won over ultimately by the thousands of jobs they say the $808 million project will create in spite of what they expect to be a vocal, negative campaign by the rival Forest County Potawatomi Tribe. Wisconsins economic future is far more important than an unfair monopoly for one tribe, said Menominee Vice Chairwoman Lisa Waukau, speaking in a news conference in Milwaukee hours after the tribe received written conrmation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs approval. Walker, in a prepared statement, said he will evaluate the application using the criteria that he has laid out previously: Namely, that the project results in no new net gaming in the state, has community support and there is consensus among the states 11 tribes. The governor said he will move forward with a 60-day comment-gathering period for the tribes. My administration will begin reaching out to tribal representatives ahead of the beginning of the comment period to ensure all of the tribes have the opportunity to provide feedback, Walkers statement said. The Potawatomi, operators of an off-reservation casino in Milwaukee, were quick to take their comments public, issuing

A slow roll of the dice

November 1998: City of Kenosha voters vote 57 percent to 43 percent against a referendum to ban casino gambling, expressing support for what was then known as the Paradise Key project, the rst Menominee Nation venture to develop a casino at Dairyland Greyhound Park. 2001: Scott McCallum takes ofce as governor and expresses a blanket opposition to casino gambling expansion in Wisconsin. In July, the Menominee withdraw the Paradise Key application from the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs. January 2004: Menominee ofcials announce a renewed bid for an $808 million casino complex at Dairyland with the backing of Kenosha businessman Dennis Troha and the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut. November 2004: Kenosha County voters approve of the casino 56 percent to 44 percent in a nonbinding referendum. March 2007: Troha withdraws himself as
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An artists rendering shows the Kenosha casino complex that the Menominee Nation has long hoped to build on the Dairyland Greyhound Park property.
Kenosha project a statement shortly after Fridays deciVideo footage has been in the works since 2004, sion came down reitKenoshaNews.com/Video when 56 percent of erating their steadKenosha County fast opposition to voters favored it in a nonbindthe Menominee proposal. ing referendum. Kenosha is squarely within The $808 million proposal federally recognized ceded calls for a series of phases that, territory of the Potawatomi, said Jeff Crawford, Potawatomi when built out fully, would include 3,100 slot machines, 75 attorney general. In addition, blackjack tables, a 5,000-squarethis Kenosha casino applicafoot entertainment venue, a 400tion has been plagued with room hotel, a conference center scandal and controversy and and nearly 50,000 square feet of will result in sending tens of millions to out-of-state interests retail space. All of this would be built on at the expense of Milwaukee. We will likely protect our rights the former site of Dairyland Greyhound Park, which has through litigation should it been shuttered since racing come to that. ended in December 2009. State Sen. Robert Wirch, Long-running project D-Somers, a longtime propoThe current iteration of the nent of the casino, said he was thrilled to learn of the federal decision. If approved, this is an $800 million project thats going to create thousands of jobs in southeastern Wisconsin, and this is a great day for job seekers in our area, Wirch said. I walk the neighborhoods and I see all the people out there that are either unemployed or underemployed, and this could be just a bonanza of jobs.

the projects local developer shortly before he is indicted for funding illegal political campaign contributions. His case begins a federal investigation that leads to the 2008 indictment of Kenosha County Executive Allan Kehl, who would serve nearly two years in prison.

January 2009: The Bush administration, in its nal days, denies approval of the Kenosha application based on a relatively new guideline calling for off-reservation casinos to be a commutable distance from the tribes reservation. The Menominee respond by challenging the ruling in federal court. Mid-2009: The Mohegan Tribe, facing nancial challenges of its own, backs off on its Kenosha casino development role. June 2011: The Obama administration rolls back the guidelines that led to the 2009 denial of the project. November 2012: The Bureau of Indian Affairs Midwest Region Ofce forwards the tribes application to Washington for nal review. Friday: The tribe receives written conrmation of approval from Washington. Gov. Scott Walker now has the nal authority to approve or deny the application.

Wiggle room with Walker?

Walkers approval is far from a sure thing, however. In an interview late last year, Walker stipulated that consensus, as he views it, amounts to unanimous consent from See CASINO, Page A9

Something in the air? Skunk population explodes locally

BY JOHN KREROWICZ

DI-STINK-TIVE SKUNK PROBLEM?

Some Kenosha residents have complained of a growing skunk population. While Kenosha Police records show fewer skunk calls this year so far, the percentage of the foul-smelling critters among all animal calls has risen. Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 23:

2012
All animal calls 581 Skunk calls 264 5% % Skunks as a portion of all calls 45%

2013
All animal calls 363 Skunk calls 196 % Skunks as a portion of all calls 54%
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jkrerowicz@kenoshanews.com Some local trappers have been responding to more skunk complaints than usual this summer. Gerald Johnson, a Bristol trapper, estimated hes received 20 calls, or at least double the typical number, so far this season. The callers were in Kenosha County, mostly residential. Seven were east of Interstate 94. Gerald Daniel Hansen, a Lake Johnson Geneva trapper, said there were Video footage so many skunk calls in early KenoshaNews.com/Video May from Kenosha, Racine and Walworth counties that, for the rst time, another wildlife company had to be called in to help.

Wisconsin DNR biologist Marty Johnson offers his suggestions for how to stop, capture, and deal with skunks on your property. Page A9
Department data showed the number of skunk-related calls has dropped so far this year compared to last. However, skunks as a portion of all animal calls handled by the departments community service ofcers jumped from 45 percent to 54 percent. Cathy Capps, who lives near 54th Street and 32nd Avenue, described the citys skunk problem in an email as horrendous, with friends also noticing a boom in the skunk population. It seems we smell them a lot more and see them maybe once every three to four days, which I think is a lot, she said on Friday. Life with skunks isnt fun. Its been pretty frustrating, said Capps. Even with the house completely closed up, the smell still gets in. When Im up at night, all of a sudden the whole lower

half of the house will smell. One night, I felt really ill because the smell was so pervasive.

Bed and breakfast?

Marty Johnson, state Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist for this area, said that when an animal population explodes, its probably because food and shelter are now easily available. The food might be from loosely-capped garbage cans or be intended for pets or stray animals. The shelter might be abandoned, foreclosed-on houses.

Polecat population

Lil stinkers
Area ofcials have reported no unusual amounts of skunk activity. Kenosha Police

Hansen wasnt certain why the number of skunks has increased but suggested it might have meant they were more skillfully avoiding being hit while crossing roads or successfully ghting off diseases. Trapper Johnson wasnt sure about the reasons, either. Its like with woodchucks, he said. They were down to nothing for awhile, and then all of a sudden there was an explosion of them. Its just something that happens with nature.

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CASINO: Found by BIA to be best for Kenosha, tribe
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all 11 tribes, while the nonet-increase criterion would likely require the Menominee to close the casino on its reservation in Keshena before beginning to do business in Kenosha. Gary Besaw, chairman of the Menominee Kenosha Gaming Authority, earlier this year told a City Council committee that insiders had told the tribe there was still some wiggle room with Walker on the consensus issue. In Fridays news conference, Besaw said Walker needs to make his decision based on whats best for the entire state. We believe as he reviews the over 3,300 well-paying jobs, over 1,400 construction jobs and over $35 million average per-year revenue sent to the state, that hell concur that this indeed is just right for the southeastern Wisconsin area, Besaw said.

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Menominee Nation Vice Chairwoman Lisa Waukau and Gary Besaw, chairman of the Menominee Kenosha Gaming Authority, address reporters at a news conference in Milwaukee Friday night. Both celebrated the long-awaited federal approval of the tribes Kenosha casino project, which now goes before Gov. Scott Walker for nal approval.
That the gaming project is in the best interests of the community and the involved tribe. Still, longtime skeptics remained skeptical on Friday that a casino is good for Kenosha. It will be an initial shot in the arm, economically, said Kenosha County Supervisor Terry Rose. There will be jobs in construction if there is additional construction there and there will be additional jobs at the casinom: he said. The issue, though, in the long term, is will it be good for the community? Will we see more crime, more hardship in the community in terms of divorce, bankruptcy? Waukau, on the other hand, called Fridays announcement a great day for our tribe and state. It also paves the way to a brighter future for our very poor Wisconsin tribe, Waukau said.
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The federal decision was based on a two-part determination that the Bureau of Indian Affairs must consider when reviewing off-reservation gambling applications:

Wildlife expert: Handle skunks with care

BY JOHN KREROWICZ

jkrerowicz@kenoshanews.com Wisconsin considers the skunk to be an unprotected species that can be hunted and/or trapped year-round by people with an appropriate license. Landowners or occupants do not need a license to hunt or trap a skunk if the animal is causing damage or is a nuisance on their property. But the law also says a trapped skunk legally cant be released on a property, including state-owned land, without the owners permission. That means letting it go on the trappers property or euthanizing it, and that can be restricted by municipalities ordinances on using rearms, if the person wants to shoot the animal, said Marty Johnson, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist for this area. Johnson recommends hiring a trapper to capture and/ or dispose of the animals.

He also suggested: Installing a metal screen or hard cloth over openings of a porch or deck that the animal uses but only after it leaves for the evening. Sink the covering at least 14 inches into the ground because theyll try to dig under it. Make sure there are no babies caught inside. Placing an ammoniasoaked rag in their nesting spot to drive them away, but make sure any babies are old enough to leave with the

mother. Considering use of a motion detector that triggers shooting water at the animal. If skunks are tearing up the yard, theyre probably looking for grubs, which can be killed with an insecticide or other treatment. Guidelines for dealing with nuisance wildlife are on the DNRs website at http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/ WildlifeHabitat/documents/ nuswlguide.pdf. A list of area trappers is online at http://

www.wistrap.org/Nuisance_ Animal_Removal_2.html, although the phone number for one Kenosha trapper, Kenneth Wilkinson Sr., 262658-0771, was no longer in service.

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