Column: State tries to get $30M from tribe's account

Monday, July 11, 2005  

"Talk about a money grab.

With the state in a budget crunch, Wisconsin Division of Gaming honchos last month came up with an efficient way of adding an extra $30 million to the state's coffers:

Draw down that sum electronically from the Ho-Chunk tribe's bank account - even though the deal authorizing tribal payments to the state has been thrown out by the courts and the entire dispute is now tied up in arbitration.

The tribe is so perturbed that it's thinking about calling the cops, Springer said. Ho-Chunk officials had three days to block the bank transfer, and they did so."

Get the Story:
Cary Spivak & Dan Bice: State tries to help itself to tribe payments (The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel 7/1)