Tick no on casino ballot - 2004-02-12
Backers of the Feb. 17 election on whether to transform the DeJope bingo hall on Madison's southeast side into a high-stakes casino would have Dane County voters believe that the election is about anything except the matter at hand.
Tribes operate profitable casinos across Wisconsin, and they will still do so. Leaders of the Ho-Chunk Nation, which owns the DeJope facility, recognize that its transformation to a casino would just be an expansion of their gambling operations in the state.
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