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Should the City of Chicago be allowed to own (but not operate) a casino?
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 7:38 am
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the city of chicago ought to own and operate the state. so it makes a lot of sense that it should own a casino. Here’s the choice sned more $ to Vegas or keep it here? Now let’s see which Magoo pim– opps almost used an unnice word Sorry Rich — Fronts for the all knowing GOPers.
Comment by reddbyrd Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 8:49 am
The City of Chicago can’t hire trucks without corruption, so what makes us think they can run a cassino without it? You can only hope the US Atty has a watchful eye.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 9:50 am
Absolutely!
Just like an alcoholic should be allowed to own a bar.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 10:08 am
What’s up with the column?
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 10:30 am
Here is a deal I’d make any day of the week:
Chicago takes cook county, OHare minus the old “Lincoln” county townships.
It then becomes a state, and has all the casinos it wants.
The rest of Illinois rejoices!
Comment by Pat Collins Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 11:28 am
Rich would love to tell you about the column, but then he’d have to ……
Comment by Pat Collins Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 11:29 am
Ah yes…Chicago and the suburbs become their own state, and the rest of Ill. rejoices…until they realize that 2/3 or their revenue is gone and the New Illinois decends into a rural wasteland with no income source to pay for thier schools, roads etc. It would be something like rural Kentucky. Fun.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 12:11 pm
I’ll release the column late Saturday.
Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 12:19 pm
Um, I thought Rosemont isn’t supposed to get a license because of some allegations of corruption.
Why exactly doesn’t this rule apply to Chicago?
I used to be a Mayor Daley fan. Now I’m tired of him and all the corruption. No to casino - it’s going going to become another scandal.
Daley just doesn’t care because he doesn’t have a credible threat. Maybe if he is denied the casino he can realize the real cost these scandals create for the City.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 1:42 pm
Casino gaming will be banned by the end of the summer.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 2:04 pm
Ken Dunkin has been shooting his mouth off about getting a casino for Chicago. Does that mean if Chicago doesn’t get one, Dunkin will flip the bird to general assembly?
The people in Dunkin’s district should be ashamed to have elected someone like that to represent them.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 3:26 pm
Ken Dunkin has been shooting his mouth off about getting a casino for Chicago. Does that mean if Chicago doesn’t get one, Dunkin will flip the bird to general assembly?
The people in Dunkin’s district should be ashamed to have elected someone like that to represent them. Will the Democrats bench this guy ever? Not only is he an indictment waiting to happen as one poster noted, he’s an embarassment to his party, his district, and to the State of Illinois.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 3:28 pm
Ken Dunkin has been shooting his mouth off about getting a casino for Chicago. Does that mean if Chicago doesn’t get one, Dunkin will flip the bird to general assembly?
The people in Dunkin’s district should be ashamed to have elected someone like that to represent them. Will the Democrats bench this guy ever? Not only is he an indictment waiting to happen as one poster noted, he’s an embarassment to his party, his district, and to the State of Illinois.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 3:34 pm
Ken Dunkin has been shooting his mouth off about getting a casino for Chicago. Does that mean if Chicago doesn’t get one, Dunkin will flip the bird to general assembly? (Credit to Rich for that nugget in today’s CapFax)
The people in Dunkin’s district should be ashamed to have elected someone like that to represent them. Will the Democrats bench this guy ever? Not only is he an indictment waiting to happen as one poster noted, he’s an embarassment to his party, his district, and to the State of Illinois.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 3:35 pm
Ken Dunkin has been shooting his mouth off about getting a casino for Chicago. Does that mean if Chicago doesn’t get one, Dunkin will flip the bird to general assembly? (Credit to Rich for that nugget in today’s CapFax)
The people in Dunkin’s district should be ashamed to have elected someone like that to represent them. Will the Democrats bench this guy ever? Not only is he an indictment waiting to happen as one poster noted, he’s an embarassment to his party, his district, and to the State of Illinois.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 3:36 pm
Ooops. Sorry about the duplicates. I’d press “publish” then it would to to a screen that says the connection isn’t available.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 3:40 pm
Okay, we get the point: Ken’s an idiot. But that’s for another subject string. Left unanswered is where else will the cash cow come from if not from casino gambling? Where’s the $750 million or $1 billion? In government waste? (already pared down to significant levels of incompetence) Raising taxes? (not over Rod’s dead body) Take the bad (possible insider riches) with the good (put away state debt for the forseeable future and actually boost programs that need boosting).
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 3:57 pm
“Chicago without Illinois is still Chicago, America’s second city and a capitol of finance and industry. Illinois without Chicago is Iowa.” Mike Royko.
Chicago has done such a fine job with minority contracting, they have shown us that they can handle gambling.
If Chicago secedes, who has to take the governor?
Comment by Ralph Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 4:07 pm
Should Chicago have a casino? Absolutely. Should it own the casino? Absolutely not. The problem is, who does the Gaming Board hold accountable should something go wrong? Additionally, who would acutally hold the owner’s license — the mayor, city council — so who gets an Illinois State Police background investigation done on them, the council? Hey, maybe the city should own it….
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 4:27 pm
The city should own it, but it sould distribute a SIGNIFICANT amount of the profits statewide. The city should get its share, but the state should get the lions share. Spread the wealth.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 18, 05 @ 7:27 pm
We can’t wait for Saturday Night
We wanna know who you burn
Comment by Anonymous Saturday, Mar 19, 05 @ 12:58 am
There should be no additional casinos built in Illinois.
Casionos have a negative impact on low-income citizens because they
lose (proportionately) more money than they can afford to lose.
Rich Illinoisians who want to gamble can go to Monaco.
I can’t understand why all these supposedly liberal, concerned-about-the-poor politicans are so anxious to set up even more casinos.
The governor is right to oppose gambling if indeed he does oppose it.
Comment by Anonymous Saturday, Mar 19, 05 @ 2:36 pm
Let the mob run the Casino.
1. They have experience
2. They can keep out other crime
3. The food would be good
4. The old 1st ward was very into affirmative action and diversity and helped a lot of blacks and Hispanics and Chinese
5. They would spread money around
6. It could solve Rod’s political problems
7. Revenue for education
The Wizard of Odds Angelini can help, bookies in Chinatown
Comment by Anonymous Sunday, Mar 20, 05 @ 5:34 pm
did anybody read thursdays sun times story about jbt taking money from banks that she deposits our tax dollars in? what a hypocrite! this is just the start. she talks a big game, but lets see how she reacts when the light shines on her. im not saying that she did anything wrong — thats for the voters to decide. im saying that its pathetic to stand in front of the press and say the governor is unethical for raising money form venddors who do business with the state while she is doing just that. even worse, she is just putting that money in those banks — there isnt even an attempt to competatively bid where that money goes. talk about pay to play — she has it made there. its going to get much worse for our beloved treasurer. theres a saying about people who live in glass houses. she should look that one up.
shes in trouble already.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Mar 25, 05 @ 1:04 am