"Forest County Potawatomi leaders made it official Tuesday when they announced that the northern Wisconsin tribe would be opposing the Menominee tribe's campaign to open a competing casino.

It's about time they came out of the closet.

The casino-rich Potawatomi had quietly footed the bill for at least one push poll taken in Kenosha last month.

And, oh, what a poll it was. When was the last time somebody asked you if your vote on a referendum would be influenced if you knew the project was being bankrolled by a guy with ties to organized crime?"

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Spivak & Bice: Potawatomi poll shoves mighty hard (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 10/14)