Reject casino in Logansport - 2004-01-05
The idea of opening yet another massive Indian casino in Louisiana ought to be rejected out of hand by Gov. Mike Foster on the merits. But it would be especially disturbing for him to approve the proposed Logansport casino after both runoff candidates for governor deplored the plan.

Let the clock wind down, governor, and leave this kind of far-reaching and irreversible decision to Gov.-elect Kathleen Blanco. She will have to live with the consequences.

Foster fooled a lot of people when he said he was against gambling, and maybe he is in some abstract way.
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Casino may be in the cards for Hercules - 2004-01-05
Although city officials and a casino promoter have downplayed rumors of an American Indian casino in Franklin Canyon, a developer claims he was approached about it over four months ago and that the proposal is very much alive.

Peter Kiesecker, president of GreenPark Holdings LLC of Seal Beach, says real estate broker John Troughton first approached him with the idea in late August.

GreenPark has an application before the city to build more than 500 homes, a hotel, offices and stores in Franklin Canyon.
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