Mike Malik's Public Comments on a Port Huron Casino

Excerpted from the published minutes of a Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Huron, Michigan, held Monday, March 6, 2006, at 8:01 a.m. in Conference Room 408, Municipal Office Center.

"2. Mike Malik, Blue Water Resorts, representing the Bay Mills Indian tribe, stated they are the only group that has a signed compact with the State of Michigan and that he thinks the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians does not have anything in writing, they haven’t talked to Frank Kelly and that the lawyers need to check this out. He also stated that a 500 room hotel is larger than what is currently going in downtown Detroit and that the cost would be prohibitive. Additionally, he said that until there is money on the table everyone should be cautious and that if this were to happen all 11 tribes in the state of Michigan would need to agree and he doesn’t believe that will ever happen."

"6. Dick Cummings, Avoca, talked about the time and money already spent by Mr. Malik on trying to get a casino in Port Huron following voter approval five years ago."