Legions of people like to go to the casinos, even though it is a
give away of their money,
-lots of them don't care about that, pensioners and others don't mind
spending fifty bucks at the casino as a form of entertainment.
I personally don't like them, and never play.
When occasionally walking through Treasure Island, it has
occurred to me that it gives lots of people something to do with their time.
If the Casino wasn't there, they might be working on their house or
something like that but they also might be getting into trouble. The casino
is a sort of adult day care center.
Lots of negatives about the casino, it vacumns money out of the
community, that otherwise might be spent at the store and etc.
Also, as a state budget shortfall solution, it gives easy way out
for the legislature, lets them continue to spend more than they should, they
would become dependant on the casino as source of government funding, then
overspend on that.
For City and State, a downtown or mall casino has both up and down
sides. It might serve well if with restraint and if we had a conservative
legislature that would avoid future budget shortfalls and not be addicted to
casino revenues, but I doubt it would be that way. Most of the legislature
is habitually like a hog eating crab apples, they will go for whatever they
can get and more.
James Jacobsen // Whittier
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