When the Dowagiac-based Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians rolled the dice on New Buffalo Township, more than a few in the sleepy, quiet lakeside resort community — total population 4,668, including the township — feared the worst.
But a year after the opening of the Four Winds Casino Resort, even Mike Hosinski, arguably the casino's biggest opponent, agrees it's not the monster he thought it would be.
"It hasn't bothered me," he said. "There have been no noticeable derogatory effects yet. Or benefits."
A former New Buffalo business owner who now makes his home in nearby Rolling Prairie, Hosinski once led the New Buffalo-based Taxpayers of Michigan Against Casinos organization in its effort to keep out the casino. Through legal maneuvers, it succeeded in doing just that until its luck ran out.
Today, Hosinski says he's "running about 80 percent on my predictions," with that forecast heavily on the negative side. Although there has been an increase in traffic, he said the traffic congestion he had anticipated never materialized after the casino's first week of operation.
For the complete story, please see Lou Mumford, Four Winds Casino: Weighing the good and the bad, South Bend Tribune, September 2, 2008.
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