Casino May Be In The Cards For Hercules - 2004-01-06
Although city officials and a casino promoter have silenced rumors of an American Indian casino in Franklin Canyon, a developer says 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. Troughton, whose firm, Cushman & Wakefield, has an exclusive brokerage agreement with the city's Redevelopment Agency, is shopping around Contra Costa County for a casino venue for the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians; an attempt to find one in Antioch failed.
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MADISON: Tribe makes pitch for casino - 2004-01-06
The Ho-Chunk Nation will spend up to $140,000 in advertising on Madison television stations in an attempt to persuade voters to support the conversion of a bingo hall into a casino in the city, a newspaper reported.

The Capital Times of Madison reported Saturday that the commercials will begin Jan. 26 and continue through Feb. 17, the day of the referendum in which the public will vote on whether the bingo hall should become a casino.

The newspaper obtained advertising contracts that show the Coalition for the Fair Indian Gaming and Revenue Sharing Agreements bought approximately 500 30-second commercials on three Madison TV stations.
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