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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003

"How much is a governor's ear worth?

Apparently, more than what the boys who have long dreamed of putting a casino in Kenosha were willing to pay.

Kenosha power brokers Dennis Troha and Joe Madrigrano Jr., the driving forces behind the casino idea, steered at least $160,000 to Jim Doyle's camp - most of it delivered in the 11th hour of the tightly contested gubernatorial campaign.

You'd think that would be enough to win over the governor, or most any other pol.

Not this time."

Get the Story:
Spivak & Bice: $160,000 gamble, but still no casino (The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel 2/26)

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