Wakefield casino needs to include employment for everyone

Dear Editor:

Some years back I went to the casino in Ashland, Wis., to put in a job application for employment. On the application it said “preference given to Native Americans and are you Native American?” Since I’m not, I can assume my application ended up in the trash. If this is the policy of all Native American casinos how is that helping the employment problem in this area? I’m sure a big majority of the people here aren’t Native Americans?

The area businesses who are proposing this project need to investigate this thoroughly and make sure this includes everyone and that this employer doesn’t change it once everything is opened for business.

I’m for jobs here, as we certainly need them, but they should include all nationalities not just one.

Before we agree to have a business here like that we need to make sure everyone is welcomed to work there no matter what nationality you are. Just saying, think about it because after everything is built and ready to go we don’t want any surprises because then it’s too late to do anything about it.

Terry Gustafson

Bessemer