"The issue of the proposed Gun Lake Tribe casino shouldn't really even be on our editorial radar screen. Then again, we don't think it should have been on U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra's radar screen, either. So it has wound up on both of ours, and it's impossible to ignore because this is a matter of fairness.

Hoekstra, who championed the cause of Grand Rapids-based anti-casino organization 23 is Enough by aiding that group's lobbying effort to stop the Allegan County tribal casino from being built, clearly believes that stopping this casino is a legitimate concern for his constituents. He has told us so in no uncertain terms.

Yet the Holland-area congressman's work on this issue, as well as that of other Michigan congressmen, and that of the 23 is Enough group itself, is troubling in the sense that some of the tactics used to stall the Gun Lake casino from being built appear to share similarities to other anti-casino efforts by groups and individuals acting at the behest of just-convicted Washington, D.C., lobbyist Jack Abramoff."

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Indian casino case troubling, about fairness (The Muskegon Chronicle 4/2)