Board backs Sault Tribe off-reservation gaming agreement

Thursday, February 23, 2012  

The board of the Lansing Economic Development Corp. in Lansing, Michigan, approved an off-reservation gaming agreement for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

The board voted 6-0 to approve the agreement between the city, the tribe and the tribe's developers. Afterwards, one board member resigned after Mayor Virg Benero accused her of a conflict of interest even though she supported the casino deal.

Kelly Rossman-McKinney, a public relations executive, previously worked for the tribe and its non-Indian casino in Detroit. Her current firm tried to work with the tribe on the Lansing casino but lost the contract to another company.

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