Florida: Casino measure won’t make January ballot

Fri, Dec 9 2011 — Source: News-Press

Lee County has turned down a request by backers of a destination resort casino to place a gambling initiative on the Jan. 31 presidential primary ballot. In a letter to Champion Development, the company that wants to build a billion dollar hotel-shopping-entertainment complex at the Forum alongside I-75, County Attorney Michael Hunt said the deadline had passed to add a referendum.

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