FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) -- Pottersville. Cathie Humbarger, the spokesperson for the anti-casino group Coalition for a Better Allen County, acknowledged that the characterization and comparison of a future New Haven to the dark alternate reality from "It's A Wonderful Life" might be over dramatic, but was still correct. "All the garish lights and the vulgarity, that's what comes to mind when I think of New Haven 10 years from now," she told WANE 15 on Tuesday, one day after Mayor Steve McMichael made his first public comments in support of the resort, slated for the southeast corner of U.S. 30 and I-469. Humbarger suggested McMichael was not looking at the full body of casino research, relying on a "suspect" 2022 report from the Indiana University School of Public Health and the Indiana Council on Problem Gambling, which is 71 percent funded by Indiana gaming. Casinos are "required to set aside a certain amount of their profits to help those who are injured by the activity," Humbarger noted. The Council on Problem Gambling does not take a position for or against legalized gambling, according to its website. Humbarger also questioned Full House Resorts' ability as a casino operator, pointing to a news report that said Full House must make savings in certain areas, including payroll, to allow for profit to return in 2025. A spokesman for Full House Resorts said the comment in a third-quarter earnings call referred to payroll costs associated with opening a new casino, which requires hiring workers ahead of serving customers. Humbarger also questioned the mayor, who said a casino would not bring corruption to the area, since gambling was already present in New Haven with an off-track betting parlor. Humbarger suggested a casino would bring in far more bad than the parlor and wondered where was the good? "If this kind of activity draws all kinds of economic growth," she said bluntly, "where is it?" The Coalition for a Better Allen County came together quickly after word began to spread of a possible New Haven casino, said Humbarger, who also was a part of stopping a possible Fort Wayne casino over 10 years ago. The website and logo for the groups are very similar, if not exactly the same. The group from 2009 was called Coalition for a Better Fort Wayne. Humbarger estimated the current group has spent about $1,500 to combat the casino, which reported $20,000 in spending to help make its case. Ultimately, the decision rests in the Indiana statehouse. The move must pass both houses and be signed into law by incoming governor Mike Braun. The legislative session starts in January.