What’s a casino monopoly worth to the Potawatomi? Try $5.4 million…and counting.

The Forest County Potawatomi’s no-competition campaign has left many people shaking their heads. They see the ridiculous ads, read about the outrageous lobbying targets and watch in disbelief as Potawatomi’s leaders use bogus economic claims, publicity stunts, front groups and other expensive tactics to try to kill the Menominee Tribe’s proposed Kenosha casino, dodge competition and lock in Potawatomi’s Southeast Wisconsin gaming monopoly.

Then people ask: How far will Potawatomi’s leaders go to hurt a fellow Wisconsin tribe, lose jobs and destroy economic opportunities for the Badger State – all in the name of keeping their own off-reservation casino competition-free?

We don’t know how far they’ll go, but we can tell you how far they’ve already gone. As far as at least $5.4 million can take them.

Check out “A Litany of Greed,” a new detailed, white paper analysis of the Forest County Potawatomi Community’s relentless and costly fight to stifle competition and preserve the monopoly its Milwaukee casino has held for nearly two decades. We’ve broken down Potawatomi’s anti-competition agenda for the past four years, added supporting materials and examples as backup, and calculated the millions upon millions of dollars Potawatomi leaders have already funneled into efforts to kill the Kenosha casino and keep hold of their monopoly.

The $5,415,284 total is shameful – that’s enough money to educate more than 500 Wisconsin public school students for one year, or buy a year’s worth of food stamps for nearly 2,500 hungry Wisconsin families. And as the Kenosha casino proposal continues to make steady progress (and it does), one can only anticipate Potawatomi’s battle against competition will become even more intense, and more expensive. In fact, now that the budget matter is resolved in Madison, we’ve heard rumblings that Potawatomi’s anti-competition battle will rev up once again.

Competition is at the heart of a strong economy and respect for healthy business competition is part of our state’s proud, progressive heritage. (Fightin’ Bob hated monopolies!) But Potawatomi’s leaders don’t seem to care. As “A Litany of Greed” reveals, Potawatomi’s anti-competition activities are part of an expensive and sophisticated campaign of misinformation, hypocrisy and hubris. The sole goal is to eliminate competition – and Southeast Wisconsin and the entire state will be hurt if Potawatomi succeeds.

Take a look.

Denounce Potawatomi’s pro-monopoly tactics and support free and fair competition for Wisconsin by signing the online petition.