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Review of the study
on the economics
of the proposed Indian gaming casino in York County
Jonathan Rubin, Interim Director of the Margaret Chase Smith Center
for Public Policy and Charlie Colgan from the Edmond S. Muskie School of
Public Service at the University of Southern Maine reviewed a study on
the economics of the proposed Indian gaming casino in York County. The
economic feasibility study, commissioned by the Passamaquoddy and
Penobscot Indian Nation tribes, was performed by James Klas, a
hospitality industry consultant from Minnesota. Rubin and Colgan shared
their analysis of the study with the state Task Force to Study the
Impact of a Maine-Based Casino on Monday, September 30, 2002.
Related Stories:
Economists back casino projections Professors: Tax, job
forecasts sensible, by A. Jay Higgins, Bangor Daily News,
October 1, 2002
http://www.bangordailynews.com/editorialnews/article.cfm?ID=74472
Study: Casino would be sixth-largest employer, by Grace
Murphy, Portland Press Herald, October 1, 2002 http://www.pressherald.com/news/state/021001casino.shtml
| Jonathan Rubin is Interim Director
of the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy and
Associate Professor at the Department of Resource
Economics & Policy. Dr. Rubin can be reached at
207-581-1648 or Jonathan_Rubin@umit.maine.edu. |
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