Schwarzenegger names tribal casino negotiator - 2004-01-08
Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday appointed a negotiator to create new accords with American Indian tribes running casinos that the governor has said could pay as much as $2 billion in gambling revenue to close the state's budget shortfall.

Schwarzenegger appointed Daniel Kolkey, an attorney who had negotiated with tribes for former Gov. Pete Wilson, a Republican and key Schwarzenegger ally.

Kolkey avoided setting specific financial goals and repeated the governor's position that California tribal casinos should pay a "fair share" of revenue back to the state.
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American Indian Tribe Plans Casino At Kenosha Dog Track - 2004-01-08
An American Indian tribe has agreed to buy a dog track for $40.5 million to construct a casino there. Dairyland Greyhound Park investors collectively approved the sale option Tuesday, but the Menominee Nation's plan is subject to local, state and federal approval.

"It's not a slam dunk issue," Menominee Tribal Chairwoman Joan Delabreau said. "Nobody has promised us anything."

Tribal officials hope to have an application before the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Gaming by June. The purchase option terminates in 2008.
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