>4) Casino companies are not to receive bailouts. They did not merely participate in a system riddled with mistakes but actively tried to undermine the system.
When the casinos were proposed, neighbors quickly expressed their opposition. Over 98% of those commenting to the PGCB expressed hostility to the sites or casinos in general.7 Neither the PGCB nor the casinos listened. Indeed, over two years ago Casino-Free Philadelphia began to galvanize a movement to keep Philadelphia casino-free. We talked about the costs and dangers of casinos, including at the currently proposed locations. The casino investors did not listen; they do not deserve a bailout.

While the Governor at least agreed to ask the casinos to move once again, how well that conversation is gonna go is up for grabs -– there’s no real reason to expect the Guv’s tepid response last year to the prospect of moving casino sites off the Delaware and away from the neighborhoods to heat up, especially considering his spokesman’s emphasis on the “voluntary” nature of such a move to the Inquirer. (Mighty white of ya, Guv.) We like the political throwdown that’s going on, but we worry that Pennsyltucky might try to screw us in the ass like we’re their stepson –- Delaware County State Rep. Bob Godshall, who’s not even from super-Pennsyltucky, tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that Philadelphia “is robbing the rest of us” with our delays. Rob away! That’s how we’ll fund the resistance once the casinos are here anyway.
Inky: Governor Scoliosis
Post-Gazette: We Will Rob You Back
Casino-Free Philadelphia: We Got Your Values Right Here
Previously: Hyperspace Clusterfuck: Rendell Accidentally Finds Backbone After Losing It In The Last Place He Left It

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 at 3:25 pm.