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Former Miss Wisconsin joins another Kenosha County GOP leader in urging Gov. Walker to say yes and create thousands of jobs
KENOSHA, Wis. – The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin today said it is expanding its public education and advertising campaign in Wisconsin by launching a new TV ad on network affiliates focused strongly on competition and job creation.
The 30-second spot features former Miss Wisconsin Joya Santarelli, Kenosha County GOP leader Benjamin Bakke and other Kenosha area residents, all of whom tell Gov. Walker directly that competition will bring more jobs to the state.
“Governor Walker, I know you are an advocate of free enterprise. We are asking you to be fair and give us a shot in improving our economy,” Santarelli says in the TV spot, which debuts Wednesday and will run along with a jobs-focused ad that started last week. That ad focuses on the 3,300 plus jobs the casino would create in Wisconsin along with an additional 1,400 construction jobs.
Joining Santarelli and Bakke in the new ad are Pete Sinsky, the CFO of a Kenosha-based construction company; Joseph Clark, a CPA and former Kenosha County Board Chairman; Alice Linders Olson, a retired business manager for a large Wisconsin corporation and community volunteer in Kenosha; and Robert Babcock, a retired Kenosha-area salesman.
“The main issues of jobs and competition should be the basis for Governor Walker’s decision on Kenosha,” said Craig Corn, chairman of the Menominee Indian Tribe. “There are more than 5,000 direct and indirect jobs at stake here, and Gov. Walker should support competition and job creation. Our ads show real people want and put jobs above a monopoly and people above politics. There is tremendous economic opportunity here, and we need to let. Gov. Walker know that the majority wants him to say yes to a Kenosha casino.”
The spot will air as part of a multipronged public education effort that includes radio, social media and other activities and can be viewed at http://www.CasinoKenosha.com, as well as the project’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages.
REAL PEOPLE TELL GOV. WALKER ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPETITION AND JOBS
The following, real, live Southeast Wisconsin residents are featured in the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin’s new 30-second TV spot focusing on competition and urging Gov. Walker to approve the Kenosha casino:
Pete Sinsky
* CFO of Kenosha-based construction company
* Kenosha resident
Alice Linders Olson
* Retired business manager for large Wisconsin corporation
* Community volunteer
* Kenosha resident
Joseph Clark
* Former Kenosha County Board Chairman
* CPA
* Kenosha resident
Joya Santarelli
* Co-owner of medical office
* Attorney
* Former Miss Wisconsin 2000
* Kenosha County resident
Robert Babcock
* Retired salesman
* Kenosha County resident
Benjamin Bakke
* Board member of Kenosha County Republican Party
* Business banker at a Kenosha/Racine area bank
* Kenosha resident
About the Menominee Tribe’s Proposed Kenosha Casino
The Menominee Tribe’s proposed $808 million entertainment center and casino at Kenosha’s shuttered Dairyland Greyhound Park means more than 3,300 new jobs, 1,400 construction jobs, more than $35 million in annual new revenue for the State of Wisconsin and over $19 million annually for local governments and schools. It also means a future of economic self-sufficiency for one of the state’s poorest Tribes. After numerous public hearings, two successful referendums, many letters of support, hours of meetings and thousands of pages of submissions, the Kenosha plan has received preliminary approval from the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs. Now, it needs Gov. Scott Walker’s OK to move forward. More information is available at http://www.CasinoKenosha.com, on Facebook and Twitter.
