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.
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I dont gamble much either. I also do not have any problem with those that do. If you dont want to gamble dont go.
I will admit that I did vist the Bangor facility once out of curiosity. Never spent a penny but did observe the goings on for about 10 minutes and had enough. My take on the thing was that they should have a welfare check cashing machine at the door. The majority of the patrons there appeared to be the ones that should not be there. This is probably the states problem with the whole thing, the see a percentage of thier subsidies going out of state and the recipients complaining that they need an increase.
Maybe we should have a licence to gamble, like the one we have to drive.
Pasquinelle
There are a lot of people who need to be licensed....Im pretty critical of people and their personal responsibility, if they spend it there they will blow it on lottery tickets or worse...But I dont want the govt telling me I cant have something because its for my own good....
Ok, I just returned from Las Vegas where I was there Nov 4-9. while it is a beautiful place with unbelievable sites, I can't say I was impressed with the massive gambling casinos. They were huge and the amount of money I was on many tables shocked me...Oh and I must have a gambling problem compared to you two....I lost $6 in the slot machines!
deb
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