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I went to French Lick this weekend to view the rem...

2007-02-26T06:01:00.000-05:00

I went to French Lick this weekend to view the remodeled hotel and the new casino.

This was a good day, I was told Sat. while overlooking the casino. Which was 90% empty.

The hotel is beautiful. Breath-taking detail and attention to historically accurate reproductions.

The blackjack and PaiGow poker dealers were completely without customers for hours on end.

Wrong! Guess again...Cheap political potshots are ...

2007-02-25T14:08:00.000-05:00

Wrong! Guess again...

Cheap political potshots are so easy to make when hiding behind a fake name...

"Gambling has since expanded and grown to the poin...

2007-02-25T11:50:00.000-05:00

"Gambling has since expanded and grown to the point we now have off-track betting on horses within a block of our State Capitol Building. Pitiful!"

Let me guess. You think: Pea shakes good, horse tracks bad. Maybe it is because the Pea Shakes have lost money over the last decade or so as their customers choose safe and clean places to play games!! My guess is that with slots so close to Indy now, the Pea Shakes folks are very upset. Less pea shake money means less money for political hacks from Center Township areas.

Will the states tax base really increase with slot...

2007-02-24T23:32:00.000-05:00

Will the states tax base really increase with slots at horse tracks in central Indiana?

Any economist would tell you that expanding gambling into central Indiana just recirculates "old" money from Hoosier residents that would have spent their entertainment dollars at other venues in our state anyway.

Only "new" money from people who would not spend money in our state truly increases Indiana tax revenues to benefit our citizens. That is why every Indiana casino with the exception of French Lick is on our state border across from large metros like Chicago IL, Louisville KY, and Cincinnati OH.

Whats the fiscal impact of closing the organized i...

2007-02-24T23:18:00.000-05:00

Whats the fiscal impact of closing the organized illegal cherry masters, pea houses, & bingo on state tax collections?

I suspect legal gambling revenues and tax collections would sky rocket.

Interesting that the horse tracks are pleading pov...

2007-02-24T23:07:00.000-05:00

Interesting that the horse tracks are pleading poverty to get slot machines, but they don't blink an eye at $100 million for a casino license.

I mentioned the beginning of gambling as being fro...

2007-02-24T20:42:00.000-05:00

I mentioned the beginning of gambling as being from Lake County - Senator Earline Rogers was the major proponent at the Legislature. She needed employment for her constituents. Gary was desperate!

I've never been to a peashake house - I dont gamble. As I understand the economics, peashakes offer better odds to the gambler than the State-controlled gambling entities. Rational capitalism and market economics keep the peashakes going - the customer gets a better deal!

As long as the gamblin is legal, it's OK. The ille...

2007-02-24T20:20:00.000-05:00

As long as the gamblin is legal, it's OK.
The illegal pea shake houses should be either shut down or legalized to pay taxes.

Las Vegas has a fair share of crime as well, what about the tax rate for the citizens? Whats that like.? The unemployment rate?
How has LEGALIZED gambling benefitted that city?

I agree with 1/2 of 729.. Pea shakes keep the poor people, poor!
bart does give false hope to ALL the citizens in this city, not just the blacks.
I appeared that Wilson is against the gambling industry! Never heard of him being at a Pea Shake, or any other gambling establishment!

I disagree with Wilson a lot as well, but 739 should read whats written

And the illegal gambling has grown into a source o...

2007-02-24T19:39:00.000-05:00

And the illegal gambling has grown into a source of income for our elected officials. thats why the pea shake houses are allowed to exist.

hey keep the poor balck folks, poor.
they put money into the rich democrat elected officials pockets.

Bart and his people have kept the poor blacks at the poverty level while they keep getting richer and give false promises of hope.
Wilson Allen supports this because he is a rcist , just like bart Peterson is!

If the horse race tracks can't make a go of it, th...

2007-02-24T18:00:00.000-05:00

If the horse race tracks can't make a go of it, then close them down. The state has no obligation to ensure their profits. This is just of way of going through the back door to get a casino license. If that wanted a gaming license, they should have applied for one when everyone else did.

Rep. Jerry Denbo from French Lick voted for the sl...

2007-02-24T17:43:00.000-05:00

Rep. Jerry Denbo from French Lick voted for the slots at the tracks bill. He was either paying back IOU's or believes that 5000 slots in central Indiana won't hurt his casinos. My money says the bill won't make it out of the Senate but anything's possible with the old guard like Borst and company gone now. All comes down to $$ in the end just like every other bit of legislation that gets passed in our General Assembly.

In the long run I do not see the slots at the tracks helping what I fear is a dying industry and I once owned standardbreds and stabled/trained them at the State Fairgrounds.

Hmmm...you're full of surprises today, AI. Wilson...

2007-02-24T13:12:00.000-05:00

Hmmm...you're full of surprises today, AI. Wilson is against gambling downtown. Who knew?

Chet Dobis has reconstructive memory. He's a gasbag, and always has been...the difference, Mr. Dobis, is that steel mills were private enterprises not licensed by the state. Duh. And he's one of the leaders of the House. Lord help us.

So Ice Miller whores around again. Huge surprise. Ask the water ratepayers in Lawrence how IM whored around the water company deal, then, when caught with hands in the cookie jar, claimed not to have represented anyone at all while representing everyone...they merely provided "scrivener's notes." Uh-huh.

Which is a much more polite legal term for whoring around. Those were pretty expensive "notes," billed at the hourly rate of partners providing legal assistance. Not notes.

Some things change, some things never change. Ice Miller follows the money. They have zero principles. The very classic definition of whores.

This is one more example of what you get when the legislature regulates lobbyists themselves.

I recall when all this gambling started again in I...

2007-02-24T12:41:00.000-05:00

I recall when all this gambling started again in Indiana, it was justified as an extreme economic development measure for Lake County which was devastated by the collapse of the U.S. steel industry. "Riverboats" that had to cruise out into Lake Michigan were required to avoid polluting Indiana's fair shores with gamblers strolling around.

Gambling has since expanded and grown to the point we now have off-track betting on horses within a block of our State Capitol Building. Pitiful!

AI, someone should take a close look at the propos...

2007-02-24T12:31:00.000-05:00

AI, someone should take a close look at the proposed Indiana Commerce Connector toll road route and its proximity to both horse race tracks. Ice Miller is lobbying for the new toll road too.