December 03, 2007 by: Gale Courey Toensing / Indian Country Today  PASSAMAQUODDY, Maine - The Passamaquoddy Tribe's recent racino proposal was narrowly defeated at a referendum after an anti-Indian casino group launched a last-minute campaign of negative television ads created by the same media firm the Swift Boat Veterans used to sink Sen. John Kerry's presidential bid in 2004. Casinos No! paid media consultants Stevens, Reed, Curcio and Potholm of Alexandria, Va., almost $195,000 during the last 10 days before the Nov. 6 statewide referendum for ''production costs'' and ''media buys,'' according to the Maine Ethics Commission.  Full story at http://indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096416196.