Under the direction of federal guidelines, the BIA engaged an independent consultant, Analytical Environmental Services, to assess the socioeconomic impact of the Beloit casino and to prepare the Final Environmental Impact Statement that is required to address the casino’s socioeconomic impact on the people of Wisconsin.
AES then hired The Innovation Group, another consultant, to determine the casino’s socioeconomic impact component of the FEIS. However, it is now confirmed that TIG is the same consultant hired by the Ho-Chunk to perform their socioeconomic impact analysis of Ho-Chunk Beloit. This directly calls into question the integrity of the entire FEIS and its socioeconomic impact conclusions related to the proposed Ho-Chunk Beloit casino. This unacceptable conflict will most certainly be of interest to the Office of the Inspector General at the United States Department of the Interior.
Under the direction of federal guidelines, the BIA engaged an independent consultant, Analytical Environmental Services, to assess the socioeconomic impact of the Beloit casino and to prepare the Final Environmental Impact Statement that is required to address the casino’s socioeconomic impact on the people of Wisconsin.
