What do casino maven Marian Ilitch and Michigan Congresswoman Candice Miller (R-10th) have in common?
The two powerful Michigan women share the same guy (political guru). (He’s attempted to deny the connection and says the only thing they have in common is their blonde hair color).
Tom Shields, GOP political/PR/advertising guy and the founder of Lansing, Michigan based Marketing Resource Group is:
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spokesman for Ilitch Holdings, Inc. and its various affiliates as well as for various casino syndications backed by Marian Ilitch in NY, MI & CA; and
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senior political and advertising consultant in the last two of three congressional campaigns for Rep. Candice Miller.
Shields & Illitch
Shields has worked with Marian Ilitch and her family for more than a decade, dating back to the 1996 statewide ballot measure that narrowly approved three commercial casinos in Detroit (GreekTown, MotorCity Casino and MGM Grand Detroit). Originally backed by money from Circus Circus (Mandalay Resort Group); now, it is said, Marian is the sole owner of MotorCity Casino. And her family owns, Little Caesars Pizza, Detroit Tigers and the Detroit Red Wings.
Shields & Miller
Shields wasn’t part of the team that got Candice Miller originally elected to Congress, but after she introduced a bill to get an Ilitch backed casino approved by Act of Congress, Shields replaced Miller’s primary political advertising consultant, at a fraction of their costs (19%), in Rep. Miller’s subsequent re-election campaigns.
Shields & Ilitch & Miller
The Ilitch Family didn’t back Rep. Miller’s first congressional campaign but after she introduced their casino bill they were gungho for Miller. A month after Miller introduced the casino bill (two months into her first congressional term), the Ilitch Family publicly joined the Miller bandwagon and put together one of the biggest fundraising days of Rep. Miller’s first two years in Congress (Shields hopped aboard and wrote a $1,000 check that day too). Since Rep. Miller introduced their casino bill, Marian Ilitch (her partner Michael J. Malik, Sr.) and her family have contributed $75,000 to Rep. Miller’s political committees.
| TOM SHIELDS Marketing Resource Group, Inc. Lansing, Michigan |
| CASINO & ILITCH AFFILIATED CLIENT LIST |
| Atwater Casino Group |
| Atwater Entertainment Group |
| BarWest Gaming, L.L.C. |
| Bay Mills Indian Community |
| Big Lagoon Rancheria |
| re-elect Candice Miller for Congress |
| Circus Circus Michigan |
| Detroit Red Wings |
| Detroit Tigers |
| Four Winds Casino |
| Gateway Casino Resorts, L.L.C. |
| Hawaii Entertainment L.L.C. |
| Ilitch Holdings, Inc. |
| Little River Band of Ottawa Indians |
| Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians |
| MotorCity Casino |
| Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians |
| Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians |
| Port Huron/Thomas Edison Inn Casino |
| (1996) Proposal E – allow 3 Casinos in Detroit |
| (2004) Proposal 1 – Prohibit future gaming expansion in MI |
| Renegade Charters L.L.C. |
| Shinnecock Indian Nation |
| partial list |
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