Is the Gulfstream G-IV private aircraft pictured on this postcard co-owned by the Ilitch Family?

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Citizen Activist has just sent you a postcard, using the Airliners.net Electronic Postcard Service, of a private aircraft (1997 Gulfstream IV) believed to likely be co-owned by Detroit's Ilitch Family (Olympia Aviation, L.L.C.).

You can also get a copy of the postcard anytime during the next three weeks (until Sept. 7th) by clicking the link: http://www.airliners.net/postcard/view.main?id=9/5/2/G8BFBP

Link: FAA Registration Detail - N424QS

Is this the private plane the Ilitch Family and Michael J. Malik use to transport politicians like Alaska's Rep. Don Young, former Rep. Richard Pombo, other elected officals, mayors, people like Richard Cummings and tribal leaders?

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Rep. McKeon secures $500,000 for Barstow sewer improvement project

6.27.07

Funds for community project expected to pass the U.S. House tonight

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. House Representative Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (CA-25) today announced that federal dollars are set to be approved by the U.S. House tonight for the revival and advancement of the City of Barstow sewer system. The 2008 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act includes $500,000 specifically for the City of Barstow Sewer Master Plan Implementation, Phase II.

"The Mojave River Basin has been severely over-drafted throughout the years, and as a result, the quality of the drinking water has been severely declining," said McKeon. "While the directed funds for this community improvement project are modest by comparison, they will significantly improve the quality of life for the residents of Barstow."

City of Barstow Mayor Lawrence Dale, said he was thankful for Congressman McKeon's assistance in securing these funds, especially because of the firm timeline the city faces for water improvement.

"This money comes at a critical time." said Dale. "A Cease-and-Desist Order has been issued by the State Water Quality Control Board requiring us to have measures in place [to reduce contamination of the water table] by June or July of 2009."

Since the 1960s, the City of Barstow's Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) adjacent to the Mojave River has released secondary-treated runoff to seep back into back the water table. In order to comply with the State Water Quality Control Board, the City of Barstow is working to implement Phase II of its Sewer Master Plan. Phase II will expand and upgrade the city's WRF to Tertiary Treatment, allowing the reuse of up to two million of the three million gallons per day currently being treated, and alleviating both the serious overdraft of the Mojave River and contamination of the water table.

Dale went on to say that he "certainly appreciates Buck's efforts to secure funding for the City of Barstow Sewer Master Plan Implementation, and would like to thank him for all his efforts for the community."

House passage of the 2008 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act bill is expected Tuesday evening.

Submitted by Lindsey Mask, Press Secretary, Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (CA-25)
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Posted at http://www.inlandempire.us/news/2007/06/mckeon-secures-500000-for-barstow-sewer.html

Florida County turns down Alaska Rep. Don Young's $10 million road construction earmark

8.18.07

A Congressman’s $10 Million Gift for Road Is Rebuffed

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

WASHINGTON — It is not often that a local government tries to turn down $10 million in federal construction money.

But then it is not every day that an Alaska congressman surprises a Florida community with the gift of a highway interchange that just happens to abut the property of a major political fund-raiser.

The money for the interchange was the work of Representative Don Young, the Alaska Republican who was chairman of the transportation committee before the last election.

Officials of Lee County considered the project a low priority, environmental groups opposed it and the Republican congressman from the district never asked for it.

But the interchange, on Interstate 75 at a place called Coconut Road, would be a boon to Daniel J. Aronoff, a Michigan real estate developer with adjacent property who helped raise $40,000 in donations to Mr. Young at a fund-raiser in the region shortly before Mr. Young inserted an earmark for the project in a transportation bill.

The connections were too much for the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization, said Carla Johnston, its chairwoman and a Democrat.

On Friday, the members of the organization voted overwhelmingly to return the money in the hope that Congress would let them spend it elsewhere in the county.

Adding to the intrigue, a researcher commissioned by Ms. Johnston said Mr. Young had added the earmark for the interchange to a transportation bill after both chambers of Congress had approved it, at a time Congressional aides were cleaning up the bill for President Bush’s signature.

“People were really highly outraged at the process,” Ms. Johnston said. “It was a classic end run.”

A spokeswoman for Mr. Young did not return calls for comment.

A spokeswoman for Mr. Aronoff, the developer and fund-raiser, defended the project, saying a study had determined a need for the interchange in a building plan years ago, partly to help with hurricane evaluations.

“Unfortunately, the real story is getting lost in this funding debate,” the spokeswoman, Elizabeth Hirst, said.

Billionaire Adelson lobbying for Massachusetts casino

8.16.07

LAS VEGAS --Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has been in his home state of Massachusetts lobbying to legalize casino gambling there, but the casino company he controls has no interest in partnering with Indian tribes to do so, an executive said Thursday.

"There's no reason for us to talk to the tribes, quite frankly," Las Vegas Sands Corp. president William Weidner said in a conference call with reporters Thursday. "We're not necessarily interested in helping them develop a form of Indian gaming because we do it ourselves."

Adelson, the 74-year-old son of a Boston cab driver and chief executive of Las Vegas Sands, has "deep relationships" with Massachusetts politicians and maintains a residence and pays taxes in the state, Weidner said.

"Yes, he's in the mix and he's had discussions with the governor, he's had discussions with the leaders of their Legislature about gaming there," he said.

Weidner argued that Massachusetts is missing out on taxing valuable casino revenues, which he suggested are heading out of state to places like the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., which is owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.

"Why not open it up, why not tax it, why not control it? Rather than driving it underground or sticking it over on an Indian reservation somewhere," Weidner said.

The Massachusetts Legislature needs to approve expanded gambling in the state before a full-scale casino can be built.

as published in the Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/08/16/billionaire_adelson_lobbying_for_massachusetts_casino/

Washington Post blogger Paul Kane reviews the dismantling of the GOP leadership the past two years

from a post 08.17.07 by Paul Kane at the washingtonpost.com's blog "Capitol Briefing:"

About This Blog | Meet Paul Kane

The House GOP Leaders' Precipitous Fall

The dissolution of a once proud House Republican leadership team is near complete.

Dennis Hastert (Ill.), the affable wrestling-coach-turned-House-speaker, and Deborah Pryce (Ohio), the former head of the GOP Conference, both announced this week that they do not plan to stand for reelection next year, ending political careers that total more than 36 years combined.

Taken in isolation, these announcements aren't earth shattering. Hastert's retirement was long expected. And Pryce's announcement, made yesterday in Columbus, is somewhat of a surprise given how aggressively she had been assembling a campaign operation. Her departure reflects the fact that her central Ohio district had become one of the most competitive in the nation.

Taking the long view, these announcements are the latest in a series of shattering blows to a House Republican leadership team that, prior to 2006, ran the chamber with an iron fist and a view that they would never lose their majority. Of the top six GOP leaders from the last Congress, only Rep. Roy Blunt (Mo.) remains in a leadership position ... (Complete Post)

* John T. Doolittle (Calif.): A DeLay acolyte, Doolittle's future as GOP conference secretary was already murky once the majority leader gave up his leadership post. Doolittle battled his own Abramoff allegations throughout 2006, barely defeating the underfunded Democrat Charlie Brown with less than 50% of the vote. Despite the near loss and Abramoff questions, Doolittle announced a bid for another leadership post after the '06 midterms -- a campaign he gave up in less than a day. Now a back bencher, Doolittle's home was raided by the FBI in April [Friday the 13th] as part of the Abramoff investigation. California Republicans are openly talking about ousting him in a 2008 primary.

With Mike Ilitch's blessing, Tigers management rattles Bud Selig's office

posted 8.16.07 at SI.com:

Marching to their own beat
Tigers rattle commish's office with draft signing

Bud Selig is said to be livid over the Tigers' record $7.3 million deal for prep pitcher Rick Porcello. Yet the commissioner's well-known sentiments on the subject weren't about to stop the Tigers from doing what they do best, which is to spend for talent and take chances, especially in the draft.

With the blessing of their pizza king owner Mike Ilitch, the Tigers' front office has done what it took to quickly rise from an all-time dregs team with 119 defeats to rank among baseball's elite teams and it isn't about to stop now. The way they have engineered the turnaround is to identify young talent and pay for it. Good for them.

Porcello's four-year, major-league deal surpassed Josh Beckett's $7 million contract eight years ago as the biggest ever for a drafted high school pitcher and rankled Selig and other MLB powers who have worked hard and instituted new rules designed to scale back bonuses for amateur draftees, one area where they retain some fiscal control. Porcello's contract also shattered the $1.17 million slot figure MLB people had assigned to the 27th spot in the first round and was the latest coup for superagent Scott Boras.

Selig tried to discourage both Ilitch and Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski in separate conversations in which he spelled out the risks. "It's an opportunity he didn't necessarily believe in," Dombrowski conceded by phone of Selig. "We support the commissioner's program and have adhered to it in almost every single case .... You never like to do anything that may hurt another organization. But we're in a spot where we feel we have to do what's best for the organization." (Complete Story)

Federal Courts tossed out the Bay Mills Indians' Charlotte Beach land claims

Bay Mills Indian Community v. Western United Life Assurance Co.,

No. 99-1036, (6th Cir. March 8, 2000).

Plaintiff Bay Mills Indian Community filed a complaint asserting an interest in a parcel of property within the county. Bay Mills alleged various federal constitutional and statutory violations in connection with the 1884 ouster from the property of its predecessors in interest, two aboriginal Chippewa bands, and sought either equitable title to the property or damages equal to its value and damages for the loss of the use and enjoyment of the land since 1884.

The defendants, individuals and entities currently possessing various interests in the property, moved to dismiss the action under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(7) and 19 for failure to join an indispensable party, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. The district court granted the defendants' motion and dismissed the plaintiff's complaint.

Affirmed by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, March 8, 2000.

http://www.msaj.com/papers/Wlcases.html

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The ties that bind Rep. Candice Miller to Mike & Marian Ilitch and their associated casino syndicator Michael Malik

In May, Rep, Candice Miller (R-MI 10th) joined with Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI 1st) to co-author Stupak’s bill, H.R. 2176, to provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community. Michael Malik and members of Detroit’s Ilitch Family (Little Caesars Pizza, Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, MotorCity Casino, Fox Theater, etc.) have been backing various plans for a Bay Mills off-reservation casino for more than 15 years.

On June 28th & 30th, members of Detroit’s Ilitch Family and their associate Michael Malik contributed another $13,800 to the political committee of Rep. Candice Miller. Through Miller’s 2006 re-election campaign they had personally contributed more than $75,000 to Miller’s political committees and helped raised thousands more from their friends, business colleagues, vendors and suppliers.

That brings the total of their personal contributions for Rep. Miller to more than $88,000.00 since 2003 -- when Miller introduced her first bill in Congress to approve their Port Huron Casino scheme.

The Ilitches and Malik became major benefactors of Rep. Miller only after she introduced the bill to push their Casino scheme; they’d not backed her longtime political career previously.

On August 27th when their Detroit Tigers play the New York Yankees, the Ilitches and Malik will host a fundraiser for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaign. Rep. Miller is the Chairman of Giuliani’s Michigan presidential campaign. Marian Ilitch and Malik have been bankrolling plans by a New York tribe to build casino on Long Island in the posh Hamptons resort area – plans that face tough opposition and cans use additional influential friends in New York. And recently the Shinnecock tribe has tried to get New York Governor Elliot Spitzer to cut them into lucrative video gaming operations under consideration for some of the state’s racetracks.

Neither the Ilitches nor Malik live nor have their primary offices in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District; but the Port Huron casino and Malik’s proposed $170 million, 380-acre Harsens Island housing development and man-made lagoon are in Rep. Miller’s 10th District.

Early in the 2006 election cycle, President Bush asked Rep. Miller to consider running against Michigan’s Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow who was considered by most people to be extremely vulnerable. The Ilitches, Malik and their spokesman/political operative Tom Shields certainly must have influenced Miller’s decision to reject the President’s suggestion:

• The Ilitches and Malik contributed more than $115,000 to Sen. Stabenow’s re-election efforts;
• The Ilitches and Malik contributed more than $75,000 to Rep. Miller’s committees;
• The Ilitches and Malik raised thousands more for both Sen. Stabenow and Rep. Miller;
• Tom Shields was loaned out for the first time to serve as a senior strategist/campaign consultant to Rep. Miller’s re-election campaign.

More details on Michael Malik's Port Huron casino plans and his lawsuit against would-be fellow casino syndicator Tony DeFeo

excerpts from the story "Arf suprised at Kimball Work" published 8.16.07:

8.16.07

Developer DeFeo wants to purchase property for casino

By MIKE CONNELL
Times Herald

...A lawsuit filed last week in St. Clair County Circuit Court claims the proposed [DeFeo] development would be anchored by a Lac Vieux-owned casino. With seven acres of gaming floor - and 5,310 games, including 5,220 slot machines - it would surpass the Soaring Eagle Casino of Mount Pleasant as the largest gambling hall in Michigan.

Mike Malik, a Detroit developer who is trying to secure a casino in Port Huron for the Bay Mills Chippewa tribe, sued DeFeo and six of his businesses last week. Malik accused DeFeo of trying to confuse investors with the name Blue Water Resort. Malik's development company, which predates DeFeo's, is called Blue Water Resorts, LLC.

The lawsuit seeks no monetary damages, but it does call on the court to compel Malik to change the name of his development. "DeFeo's use of the name Blue Water Casino is confusingly similar to plaintiff's name and appears purposefully designed to confuse investors, the public and public officials," the lawsuit said.

[Tom]Portis said he believes Kimball Township residents strongly support DeFeo's proposal. He also noted the Kimball site offers easy access to both Interstate 94 and Interstate 69.

"It is so much more favorable than the Edison Inn," he said, referring to the proposed location of the Bay Mills casino and resort hotel in Port Huron.

Architectural drawings show the Port Huron casino-hotel [Malik's project] towering above the Blue Water Bridges. The sleek-looking hotel, with at least 150 rooms and suites, resembles a ship and follows the curve of the bridge. A dominant feature is a glass-enclosed elevator shaft in the shape of a lighthouse.

Several nightclubs and restaurants with river views would adjoin the casino at ground level. The top floor would include a formal restaurant with views beyond the bridges to Lake Huron.

The [Malik backed] casino-hotel would stand directly across the St. Clair River from the Point Edward Charity Casino, owned by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission.

Malik and Bay Mills hope to obtain congressional and presidential approval by year's end. Legislation introduced by Rep. Bart Stupak, a Democrat from the Upper Peninsula, and Rep. Candice Miller, a Republican from Harrison Township, is being considered by the House Natural Resources Committee.

DeFeo has declined interview requests, and it's unclear how he expects to win legal approval for a casino in Kimball Township.

Malik's lawsuit claimed DeFeo is telling investors he can obtain a presidential executive order to create a reservation. However, Indian law experts said the Lac Vieux tribe has never asserted a land claim that would entitle it to a reservation in St. Clair County. Also, a 1919 law prohibits presidents from establishing casinos by executive order...

Detroit Tigers owner Mike Ilitch defied MLB Commissioner; Selig reportedly not pleased

8.16.07

Tigers put future first

By Jim Hawkins
Journal Register News Service

Mike Ilitch has no doubt already gotten an angry phone call -- or 10 -- from Bud Selig. Wednesday's good news that the Tigers have signed their hotshot No. 1 draft pick, Rick Porcello, did not exactly meet with resounding applause in the commissioner's office.

That's putting it mildly. Suffice to say, Ilitch and Selig will probably not be sitting down together for a quiet dinner anytime soon.

In fact, if the Tigers should be fortunate enough to win the World Series this fall, the trophy presentation might be Selig's most awkward moment since Barry Bonds belted No. 756.

Once again, to their credit, Ilitch and Dave Dombrowski have refused to follow baseball's party line, choosing instead to behave in what they believe to be the best interest of the Detroit Baseball Club. (Complete Story)

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Perhaps this will cause Major League Baseball to revisit the Ilitch Family's casino ownership and gambling interests; and their use of MLB venues and events for political fundraisers tied to the Ilitch Family's gambling interests.

Barwest's casino syndicator Michael Malik has backed Sen. Jeff Denham, hoped for his help on the Senate GO Committee

Barwest, L.L.C. principal Michael J. Malik was betting on support from California's GOP State Senator Jeff Denham for stalled Barstow Casino Compacts when Malik contributed to Denham's re-election campaign. Denham, a Republican, is aligned with Malik's pal former Rep. Richard Pombo and other California Conservatives like Rep. John Doolittle.

Until recently Denham was vice chairman of the State Senate's Governmental Organization (GO) Committee which has oversight for Indian gaming matters in California. The GO Committee held a hearing in April 2006 on the Big Lagoon Rancheria's Barstow Compact and since then, the Committee's chairman, Democrat Senator Dean Florez, has refused to schedule another hearing on the pending Barstow Compacts prefering to have the tribes come back to the legislature for ratification of Compacts only after they complete the federal transfer of lands they intend for gaming in the Department of Interior's fee-t0-trust process.

Recently Democrats have targeted Sen. Denham for recall and even GOP Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visited Denham's district to put pressure on Denham to support approval of the state's pending budget proposal which is stalled in the legislature. And now Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, a Democrat, has removed Denham from the Senate GO Committee and his leadership role as vice chairman.

The Barstow Casinos Compacts have been stalled in the legislature the last two years; Malik and proponents of the Compacts can't afford to lose support like Denham's.

In October 2004, during the closing days of the Presidential Election; Pombo, Denham and Malik's Barwest LLC each contributed $26,600 to the San Joaquin GOP Central Committee on the same day. Malik's Barwest LLC failed to report its major contribution under California's political reform laws. California's Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) investigated the matter and last Fall, Malik acknowledged that Barwest LLC was guilty on two counts of violating the State's political reform laws and paid fines totalling $6,5oo.

Denham launches TV and radio campaign defending budget holdout

as posted 8.15.07 by Shane Goldmacher at The Sacramento Bee's Capitol Alert:

After Democrats launched a recall campaign and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visited his district and pronounced that Sen. Jeff Denham "should get a lot of heat" for refusing to support the budget, the Atwater Republican is striking back with a local TV and radio campaign.

Denham, who easily won reelection in 2006, told CapitolAlert he has already spent $150,000 on the ads and launched a Web site, http://www.joinwithjeff.com/ .

"I'm ready to spend more as long as this stalemate continues," he said.

The TV ad begins with images of children in a classroom: "Senator Jeff Denham: He's fighting to balance the budget, restore accountability, and protect California's teacher-tax credit," the narrator intones.

In a statement after Schwarzenegger's Monday visit to his district, Denham said,

"Governor, let me repeat myself again, since perhaps you are not listening yet. I will not be bullied, intimidated or pressured into voting for a budget with inflated revenues, unaccounted expenses or accounting gimmickry."

Denham has also been targeted by Democrats.

Last Wednesday, Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata removed Denham from his seat on the Governmental Organization Committee, on which he served as vice-chair. The California Democratic Party, meanwhile, has launched a recall effort, titled "Dump Denham," that began as an anonymous sign campaign in his district.

"The Democrat party has challenged me and I have responded," Denham said.

Denham said the TV and radio campaign was planned before Schwarzenegger visited his district on Monday and reiterated that the visit was "unproductive."

"If we stop the theatrical performances, hopefully it will get done this week," Denham said of the budget. He said the governor's promise to blue-pencil veto $700 million in spending "should be put in writing." But even that, he said, would not be enough, citing inflated revenue projections from the recently approved Indian gambling compacts and the fact that no new money for higher prison guard salaries is included in the budget.

"We've got to sit down and make cuts," he said.

The budget needs 27 votes in the Senate for passage and has the support of 25 Democrats and one Republican, Sen. Abel Maldonado of Santa Maria. Denham has been targeted, in part, because he has previously provided the 27th vote.

Schwarzenegger continues to travel the state to ratchet up pressure on the holdout Senate Republicans. He is in Riverside today, near the districts of Sens. Jim Battin and Bob Dutton, both of whom were quoted in the local paper, the Press-Enterprise, criticizing the governor's visit.

Mike & Marian Ilitch help Rep. Candice Miller by hosting Giuliani fundraiser at Detroit Tigers game

Michael & Marian Ilitch and their associate Michael J. Malik, Sr. are hosting a top-dollar fundraiser for Repulican presidential candidate, and former New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, August 27th in Detroit when the New York Yankees are scheduled to play the Ilitches' Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.

The Ilitch Family and Malik are among Rep. Candice Miller's (R-MI 10th) top political patrons; although they neither live nor have their principal offices in Michigan's 10th congressional district. Collectively they have personally given nearly $90,000 to Rep. Miller's political committees since she first introduced a bill to push congressional approval of their off-reservation Indian casino scheme for Port Huron, MI. And they have helped Rep. Miller raise thousands more from their friends and wide network of business colleagues, vendors and suppliers. They had not actively supported Rep. Miller's political career previously.

Rep. Miller has been tapped as Michigan campaign chairman for the Giuliani presidential campaign.

Mike & Marian Ilitch are cofounders of Little Caesars Pizza. The Ilitch Family owns the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, MotorCity Casino, Fox Theater and various other sports, entertainment and dining enterprises. Marian Ilitch and Michael Malik have created various syndication enterprises pushing off-reservation Indian casinos in New York (proposed for the posh Hamptons resort area on Long Island), Michigan and California. Previously they attempted to legalize gambling in Hawaii with the intent to build two casinos on Oahu; one of them on Waikiki Beach.


You may want to review these additional posts:

• Rep. Candice Miller set to chair Giuliani's Michigan presidential campaign
• Washington Post blogger Chris Cilliza runs down the 'Endorsement Elite' among Michigan's GOP
• Detroiters bankrolling Shinnecock Indians' Long Island casino scheme, hosting fundraiser for former NY Mayor Giuliani
• The ties that bind Rep. Candice Miller to Mike & Marian Ilitch and their associated casino syndicator Michael Malik
• Rep. Candice Miller introduced HR 813 on February 13, 2003 to approve settlement of unsubstantiated land claims and a casino for Port Huron
• Bay Mills Indian Casino backers behind first fundraiser for Rep. Candice Miller
• GOP Congresswoman received at least $74,000 in bundled funds from Ilitch Family sources after introducing bill for syndicator-backed Indian casino
• "Candice Miller for Congress" failed to provide appropriate donor records for near-anonymous casino related contributions
• Michigan’s Political Ménage à Trois
• PR firm for Ilitch Holdings & Casinos loaned to Rep. Candice Miller’s re-election campaigns
• UPDATED: Donor's alleged mistress also gave $10,000 to two of his favorite candidates -- Rep. Candice Miller & Sen. Debbie Stabenow
• Ilitch administrative aide gives $5000 to Rep. Candice Miller

Detroiters bankrolling Shinnecock Indians' Long Island casino scheme, hosting fundraiser for former NY Mayor Giuliani

as posted 8.15.07 by Glenn Thrush at Newsday.com's Long Island political blog SpinCycle:

Rudy draws from Shinnecock casino champions

Businessmen who are partnering with the Shinnecock tribe to build a $20 million casino on the East End are hosting a fundraiser for Rudy Giuliani in Detroit on Monday, Aug. 27, Newsday has learned.

Michael Malik, along with Michael and Marian Ilitch, who have paid lobbyists more than $1.1 million to push for the controversial development and recognition of the tribes by the feds, are listed as "captains" at a fundraiser to be held at the Yankees-Tigers game.

Tickets run from $1,000 to $2,300 a pop, according to the invite.

VIDEO: Production of MotorCity Casino Hotel's Chip Foose inspired metal roof

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