Well Its getting closer to annual election time, no seats up for grabs, or Presidents to pick Just local and state initiatives......Two bond Issues to once again prop up the university system with more promised prosperity if we only give em more money for research.......Oh and the Indians want a casino......Bad Indians! No , Not really but that's what happens in the ads, I myself don't Gamble, much. Ive bet on the odd horse race, $2.00 parimutuel or a $6 combination. so theres been gambling in Maine for years, so They decide to add slot machines to the equation. the Vaunted Racino.....Well after all was said and done, it was approved by the voters and the gov. fought it all the way. I guess once again we little people just didn't know what was good for us.....Now they have Hollywood slots in Bangor, not really on the site of the racetrack but it technically fulfills the letter of the Racino law. but they wouldn't let the Indians have a full Casino and golf course with four star hotel in Sanford.....Too much of a good thing.
Look, I don't want Maine to look like Vegas.......BUT Manufacturing is dying a slow death, we still cling but more and more it looks like its just a matter of time before the last of the mills takes the hit......So we are gonna have to adapt. It still Says "VACATIONLAND" on our license plates, so why don't we fully embrace it.....Create Casino Zones around Certain types of Vacation Areas, like the Ski slopes. unbelievably some people don't ski that are in families that do... Why cant sunday river and sugarloaf be the Vail of the east..... We don't support our historical sites most really good living history oe other historical site fall into disrepair or bankruptcy because they are Maine's best kept secrets......If we had vacation Gaming zones we could have a tenet that states the a percentage of the gaming proceeds goes to historical and cultural funding..
so the threatened museums and sites could repair and expand.....not to mention Advertise! so maybe someone would know such places exist...... and do It outside the state.....I ain't got no money to go on a vacation even in my backyard.
