But he was also anxious to avoid a possible $500 million hit to state coffers, which was the figure cited by a panel of of arbitrators as to Wisconsin’s liability during negotiations with the Potawatomi that year.<\/p>\n
Walker blamed his failure to accommodate both tribes on his Democratic predecessor for tying the state\u2019s hands in negotiations back in 2003.<\/p>\n
I don’t think that anyone could say that we didn’t act in good faith to try to get to a good point to this,” Walker told the press as he vetoed the Kenosha casino. “But in the end, what it really boils down to is that there are more than a hundred million reasons why we had to make this decision and they all fall firmly on the lap of Doyle.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Menominee sued in federal court, but its lawsuit was rejected in September, paving the way for the Potawatomi deal to go ahead. The DOI\u2019s Bureau of Indian Affairs has 45 days to ratify or reject the amendment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Potawatomi\u00a0tribe has agreed an amended compact with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, putting to bed a 15-year dispute over gambling expansion and revenue-share payments. Under the terms of the new agreement, the tribe will withhold $250 million in payments to the state if another tribe is one day permitted to build a casino in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":93500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,61,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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