Indian casinos, at least in California, don't pay taxes. The tribes are soverign nations. In San Diego, though, the bands of Mission Indians who run the largest casinos are among the largest charitable givers in the region. They also generate millions in local revenue -- they hire a lot of non-Indians, buy most, if not all, their supplies and services from local companies and one band now owns a bank and an outlet center. I've had the pleasure of meeting some of these tribal leaders. They are truly kind and caring people.
I also see no reason why gambling shouldn't be legalized. Adults should be able to do with their money as they please so long as the activity doesn't harm others. Gambling can be addictive, but the inability of a few people should not dictate the lifestyle choices of the many who would enjoy greater availability of gambling. Of course, one of the things that keeps gambling largely illegal in California is the Nevada lobby. If there were more casinos in California, there would be fewer people going to Vegas, etc. On a recent trip to Vegas, we made our traditional stop in Baker, Calif. Baker is a small town about an hour from the Nevada border. It's in the middle of the desert without about three gas stations and a couple of restaurants and not much else. The population is fewer than 500, but there are usually thousands of people stopped in the town at any one time, especially on a Sunday (the leaving Las Vegas crowd). If the California Legislature was smart -- and it's not -- it would carve out something like a 50-square-mile area and declare it a legalized-gambling zone, then allow Casinos and resorts to be built there. This would move gambling about an hour closer to LA, but still not within an urban center, and capture a lot of the traffic headed for Las Vegas. More tax revenue would stay in the state. If that worked, the next place to build a casino town would be somewhere outside of Sacramento on the route to Reno, keeping the Bay Area gamblers in state. H. -----Original Message----- From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:05 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: KY wants to give out a whoopin' Also in CA > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 9:55 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: KY wants to give out a whoopin' > > > In NC and SC, the Indians are allowed to have casinos. I'm > not sure how > much they pay in taxes, if anything, but at least the money > stays in the > state. > > Todd > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:48 PM > Subject: RE: KY wants to give out a whoopin' > > > > The funny thing is that we do actually have gambling here. > Remember, the > > Kentucky Derby (horse race) has been going on for over 150 > years and it's > a > > *huge* event here. The race track is open almost all year > plus we also > have > > a state lottery. Casino's started knocking on our door > years ago but no > one > > wanted them becuase they either thought they would hurt the racing > industry > > here or that slot machines would somehow fill our town full > or whores and > > deadbeats. So the boats went to Indiana. Now the funny > thing is, everyone > > Louisville, KY (where I am) drives 20 minutes over the > river to the boats > to > > gamble. Indiana is making a killing as far as revenues from this. > > > > I would love to see the casinos come in here. The amount of > money they > would > > bring in would really help this city grow. > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
