This is a so-called Michigan Family Alert, and, of course, it's saying that they are opposed to these casinos, and, if you're a family values person, you had better to be opposed too. And yet from Business Week what they have said is: ``As it turns out, Gambling Watch is a tiny operation financed by MGM Mirage, one of the world's largest gaming companies, locked in a bitter dispute with two Native American Indian tribes that hope to open casinos in Michigan. The Las Vegas company inaugurated a new $800 million casino in downtown Detroit in October and is not in the mood for any competition.'' And I close on that note.
Candice S. Miller: “This is a so-called Michigan Family Alert, and, of course, it's saying that they are opposed to these casinos, and, if…”
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Discussing opposition to casinos in Michigan and the influence of MGM Mirage.
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