Another D.C. lobbyist for Bay Mills tribe reveals himself

Just days before the U.S. House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on controversial plans for two off-reservation Indian casinos in Michigan; yet another Capitol Hill lobbyist reveals he's been working on behalf of the Bay Mills Indian Community.

Joe Findaro, a lobbyist/attorney of counsel with the D.C. office of Akerman Senterfitt and a former Department of Interior official, filed federal lobbying disclosure registration on 6.24.08 indicating he's been lobbying on behalf of the Bay Mills Indian Community since at least 6.01.08.

Among Findaro's other clients: Full House Resorts; Kalispel Tribe of Indians; Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians; Shinnecock Indian Nation; Station Casinos.

Both the Bay Mills Indian Community and Shinnecock Indian Nation are pursuing plans for Indian casinos off current reservation lands with the backing of Detroit casino syndicator Michael J. Malik, Sr. and his partner Mrs. Marian Ilitch, owner of Detroit's MotorCity Casino, Little Caesars Pizza and the Detroit Red Wings NHL franchise.

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