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It's about time voters approve some form of entertainment to generate money for the state. Way to go OH! I can't wait until the casino's open their doors.

It's not that people don't want casinos and jobs and entertainment, etc. It's that we are getting hosed and limiting ourselves. We should be getting a much larger share of tax revenue and as much as $500 million per casino, but we aren't getting that combined! I would lie casinos in Ohio, but they just haven't come up with a good deal for us. Too bad

go figure coleman wants the legislature intervene.
to overturn the Peoples vote
i guess coleman forgot how the hell he works for
and forgot "WE THE PEOPLE"

The voters have spoken and selected this plan after our elected representatives failed to do anything. Time to get the ball rolling and those that opposed the plan need to slink away and let progress roll on. How dare they try to take away our will/vote with some type of new ballot initiative or legislature trickery.

does anyone have the facts about whether or not the amount of robbery increases when a gambling casino is opened in a town? just curious if we are going to have to prepare ourselves for more home invasions here in Columbus now that we are going to open casino's. if anyone out there actually has some factually based evidence of this please post it on this thread. thank's.

Why would anyone support gambling in Ohio? It is addictive like cigarettes and alcohol and ruins lives?

I agree with Mayor Michael Coleman this is not a good time for this. I also think that people who need jobs will not get them. No one who has ever been arrested will get a job, they can not even get a job at fastfood. Not even a job scrubing floors, so who gets the job? I would like to see some of the jobs go to people with felonies who are trying to change their way of life. but it will not happen.
Michele from Columbus has spoken (ps) every one who has a record is not bad, just need to get back on their feet .

wwl wrote:

does anyone have the facts about whether or not the amount of robbery increases when a gambling casino is opened in a town? just curious if we are going to have to prepare ourselves for more home invasions here in Columbus now that we are going to open casino's. if anyone out there actually has some factually based evidence of this please post it on this thread. thank's.

If you care about your family's safety, It's probably a good ideal to pack heat in the house regardless. Make sure your aim is sharp as well.

marty in columbus wrote:

go figure coleman wants the legislature intervene.
to overturn the Peoples vote
i guess coleman forgot how the hell he works for
and forgot "WE THE PEOPLE"

I do not think that he has forgotten the crime rate in columbus though. No one is going to give these people jobs so who do you think will get robbed, I want te the one who has no money, crime rate will increase in the arena district!!!!!!!!!!
Michele from columbus has spoker

I don't know how we cannot support some kind of income and jobs for people in Ohio. What do these people who are against gambling think the Lottery is and the church bingo and school bingo? Do you think people only spend a few dollars at these? Guess again. The loittery has not done anything here in Ohio except make a few pockets plush. I don't see any improvements in schools (still asking for bond issues) nor do the highways get the improvements they were supposed to.6265

Michele from Columbus wrote:

I agree with Mayor Michael Coleman this is not a good time for this. I also think that people who need jobs will not get them. No one who has ever been arrested will get a job, they can not even get a job at fastfood. Not even a job scrubing floors, so who gets the job? I would like to see some of the jobs go to people with felonies who are trying to change their way of life. but it will not happen.
Michele from Columbus has spoken (ps) every one who has a record is not bad, just need to get back on their feet .

If anyone who has been arrested is so worried about getting a job ANYWHERE, then they probably shouldn't have broken the law in the first place. It's not to hard to figure out that if you want to get a job where you handle money, don't go out and rob a gas station! Anyone who has broken the law had the choice to do it or not, they chose to do it. Should we blame the employer for not wanting to hire someone with such bad decision making skills?

College Student in Ohio wrote:

Why would anyone support gambling in Ohio? It is addictive like cigarettes and alcohol and ruins lives?

Your making quite an assumption here. I have cigarette smoking friends that smoke around a pack a day and I have some friends that only smoke on certain nights out. I have friends that consume alcohol daily and I have friends that only drink on special occasions. I'll let you extend that logic to gambling yourself. Though these actions have the *potential* to be addictive and destructive, it shouldn't be (IMHO) our governments job to outlaw things that take away our opportunities for accountability and self-responsibility.

Casino's do hire people with records, as long as they list it on the application and have no warrants.
i worked at a casino in nevada for 20 yrs. and we did hire people with records as long as they were honest about it.

Given that this bill allowed a monopoly for one particular agency, casinos will do the same thing the lottery did. If you think our schools or job market will benefit from the casinos, you've been misinformed.

Eileen wrote:

The loittery has not done anything here in Ohio except make a few pockets plush. I don't see any improvements in schools (still asking for bond issues) nor do the highways get the improvements they were supposed to.6265

marty in columbus wrote:

go figure coleman wants the legislature intervene.
to overturn the Peoples vote
i guess coleman forgot how the hell he works for
and forgot "WE THE PEOPLE"

Marty, almost 60% of the FRANKLIN COUNTY voters voted against this issue. I guess Mayor Coleman IS attempting to carry out the peoples vote, not overturn it. He works for the local community voters, not voters in Cleveland.

Anonymous wrote:

Given that this bill allowed a monopoly for one particular agency, casinos will do the same thing the lottery did. If you think our schools or job market will benefit from the casinos, you've been misinformed.
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does not matter who owns the casino you go there to gamble at machines or card tables, the casino pays taxes on the money they take in, where is the monopoly in casino's

I am so disappointed that the casinos passed. I think we are setting ourselves up for failure. I KNOW Ohio needs jobs but I didn't want it this way. Gambling in any form is not good.

NDC wrote:

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Marty, almost 60% of the FRANKLIN COUNTY voters voted against this issue. I guess Mayor Coleman IS attempting to carry out the peoples vote, not overturn it. He works for the local community voters, not voters in Cleveland.

the peoples vote is what the state votes not one area of the state

To bad those that voted for this won't be the only ones paying for the problems that come with it. The problems will come. Making a fast buck without working. It's human nature. It leads to bigger problems

Anonymous wrote:

Given that this bill allowed a monopoly for one particular agency, casinos will do the same thing the lottery did. If you think our schools or job market will benefit from the casinos, you've been misinformed.
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the casino has no control over where the tax money is spent, that would be our government.