Biloxi Produce Vendor Grows With Casino Industry - 2004-02-11
Mike Alise looks at the Hard Rock hotel and casino project with visions of fruits and vegetables.

He's the owner of Gulf Coast Produce, a Biloxi company that's had plenty of success thanks in large part to the coast casinos.

Alise is counting on his lettuce and tomatoes being used in the salads served at Hard Rock restaurants. And it's likely to happen. His successful produce company already includes all 12 coast casinos on its list of clients.
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Casino Resort Plans Deeply Divide California Tribe - 2004-02-11
Northern California Indian tribe is wracked by internal conflict even as developers have bought land in unincorporated North Richmond in hopes the tribe someday could convert it into a casino resort.

A petition signed by 27 members of the Lakeport-based Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians has been submitted to the tribal council, demanding a special meeting under the tribe's constitution to air charges that four council members “have committed acts which are contrary to the best interests of the Tribe and have abused the power of their office”.
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