Letter: White Earth should shoot down plans for Star Lake Casino

Feb 03, 20170

Shooting Star Corporation has plans to build a new casino, which will be the third one for the White Earth Nation, at remote Star Lake in Otter Tail County. It's a bad idea. Here's why:

First of all, it's an environmental disaster. It would replace a beautiful, wild, untouched area with a commercial development that's not suitable in the area and where there's no infrastructure to support it.