From the Freep:
A group of American Indians from the Upper Peninsula again is proposing to build a casino development in Romulus that will include a 200-room hotel and retail space.
The Hannahville Indian Community has resubmitted its application to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Ken Meshigaud, chairman of the Hannahville community, said Monday at the Romulus City Council meeting.
Meshigaud told the council that he’s “more confident than ever” that the $300 million project will go through.
The previous administration in Washington, D.C., was against off-reservation gaming and last year dismissed 27 applications, including Hannahville’s, according to its attorney, Raj Wiener.
The 800-member community runs the Chip-In Island Resort and Casino in Menominee County in the Upper Peninsula.
Hannahville is asking the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs to place a portion of a 27-acre site at Vining and Wick into trust — allowing tribal members to own the land and use it for gaming, as a sort of extension of their 5,500-acre reservation near Escanaba.
Past opponents of off-reservation gaming, who have included Gov. Jennifer Granholm, have expressed concern that such developments are far from the people who are supposed to be benefiting from them. Granholm’s spokeswoman, Liz Boyd, did not have an immediate comment Monday night.
According to Meshigaud, the proposed Romulus casino would draw as many as 6 million visitors annually, including many from nearby Detroit Metro Airport, and generate hundreds of millions of dollars a year for the Hannahville community.
The development also would mean $5.4 million in taxes each year and 3,300 new jobs, with preference given to residents of Romulus and the surrounding area.
In a letter to the Bureau of Indian Affairs dated Monday, U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., urged approval of the casino proposal.
“A gaming facility remains a standing goal of the City of Romulus, especially given the unemployment rate in Michigan,” Dingell wrote, adding that casino revenues would help the Hannahville community improve its energy infrastructure.
In 2003, close to 57% of Romulus residents voted in favor of building a casino in the community.
Turtle Talk 
Why not another casino if it helps the ‘fading fast’ michigan economy ? I for one will be the first in line for a job since I have not been able to find one in six months.
i also would be in that line for a job. it will do the fading mich economy wonders and bring more outside people in to spend money. the pinnacle race track didnt bring in as much as they thought it would so the romulus area and surrounding areas need something to bring them back up. mich and the metro detroit areas need the jobs, everyone cant live off of the government forever!