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From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Do your part, lose on slots
Sunday, March 12, 2006
By Brian O'Neill:
…Those seeking slots licenses had contributed $330,000 to political candidates and causes by last October, in the first 14 months following slots parlors approval. More than half that money went to Gov. Ed Rendell and the state's four top legislative leaders, two from each party, and the political action committees they control. Gov. Rendell also went out to Las Vegas last year to seek contributions from casino operators and slots manufacturers for the Democratic National Committee.
America's Largest and Most Expensive Full-Time State Legislature is now considering reform. (Pause for laughter.) Dozens of changes in the 20-month old casino law are possible. The state might even prohibit elected officials from having a stake in a casino, rather than owning up to 1 percent of the gold mine, as any hack can under current law…
Read it all at:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06071/668570.stm
Frankly, I’d refer to them as America’s Largest and Most Expensive and Greediest Full time State Legislature!
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From the Pottstown Mercury:
Limerick residents question pay of gaming consultant
Mike Castiglione, mcastiglione@pottsmerc.com
03/11/2006
LIMERICK -- Township residents are questioning the exact role and salary of a politically connected consultant the supervisors hired as their liaison with Boyd Gaming Corp.
The Board of Supervisors hired Michael Pincus as the township’s economic development and community outreach consultant last month.
Pincus’ duties and his $150 an hour fee were the main topics for discussion at a Thursday supervisors’ meeting.
At the request of members from the Spring-Ford Area Chamber of Commerce, Pincus had arranged a meeting Tuesday with officials from Boyd Gaming, the company proposing a casino in the township. A few residents were curious about the nature of that meeting and who else knew about it. At least one resident showed up at the township building inquiring if the meeting was open to the public.
"There was no one from Limerick Township in any official capacity at this meeting," Pincus said Thursday, adding that Township Manager Dan Kerr briefly sat in on the meeting at the township building. "It was basically the information that you saw in (Sunday’s edition of) The Mercury. There was no information given that (residents) don’t already know about."
Resident John Holsey took issue with Pincus’ comment.
"I would think that an employee would not have the minutes published in The Mercury by a reporter," Holsey said. "Having it go through a reporter and get reported to me is not acceptable.
"I would think it would only be good business practice to record minutes of the items discussed, and that certainly should be public record to keep a paper trail of what was discussed. I know that if I had a $150-an-hour consultant, I would certainly want some feedback."
Kerr said that many meetings are held in the township building for information gathering purposes, and that minutes are not recorded for all of those meetings…
Read it all at:
http://www.pottsmerc.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16284068&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18041&rfi=6
Boy, does this ever sound familiar?!! That’s the same stunt Chance Enterprises pulled in Adams County.
Limerick residents question pay of gaming consultant
Mike Castiglione, mcastiglione@pottsmerc.com
03/11/2006
LIMERICK -- Township residents are questioning the exact role and salary of a politically connected consultant the supervisors hired as their liaison with Boyd Gaming Corp.
The Board of Supervisors hired Michael Pincus as the township’s economic development and community outreach consultant last month.
Pincus’ duties and his $150 an hour fee were the main topics for discussion at a Thursday supervisors’ meeting.
At the request of members from the Spring-Ford Area Chamber of Commerce, Pincus had arranged a meeting Tuesday with officials from Boyd Gaming, the company proposing a casino in the township. A few residents were curious about the nature of that meeting and who else knew about it. At least one resident showed up at the township building inquiring if the meeting was open to the public.
"There was no one from Limerick Township in any official capacity at this meeting," Pincus said Thursday, adding that Township Manager Dan Kerr briefly sat in on the meeting at the township building. "It was basically the information that you saw in (Sunday’s edition of) The Mercury. There was no information given that (residents) don’t already know about."
Resident John Holsey took issue with Pincus’ comment.
"I would think that an employee would not have the minutes published in The Mercury by a reporter," Holsey said. "Having it go through a reporter and get reported to me is not acceptable.
"I would think it would only be good business practice to record minutes of the items discussed, and that certainly should be public record to keep a paper trail of what was discussed. I know that if I had a $150-an-hour consultant, I would certainly want some feedback."
Kerr said that many meetings are held in the township building for information gathering purposes, and that minutes are not recorded for all of those meetings…
Read it all at:
http://www.pottsmerc.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16284068&BRD=1674&PAG=461&dept_id=18041&rfi=6
Boy, does this ever sound familiar?!! That’s the same stunt Chance Enterprises pulled in Adams County.
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From proposed Federal legislation:
Check proposed regulations restricting Indian Tribes from operating in states besides the ones in which they are located.
Read it all at:
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/subcommittees/naia/nativeamer/offreshr4893.pdf
Soooo, why are there so many Indian Tribes vying for licenses in Pennsylvania?
Check proposed regulations restricting Indian Tribes from operating in states besides the ones in which they are located.
Read it all at:
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/subcommittees/naia/nativeamer/offreshr4893.pdf
Soooo, why are there so many Indian Tribes vying for licenses in Pennsylvania?
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From the Times of London!
The Times March 13, 2006
Secret plan to open a thousand casinos
By Sam Coates
PLANS to allow more than 1,000 new casinos to open within a decade have been uncovered by The Times. Months after Parliament agreed a limit of one super-casino and 16 smaller ones, a government report reveals that hundreds could be built every year.
The report, written by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, also reveals that there are nearly twice as many gambling addicts as the Government first claimed.
Read it all at:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2083553,00.html
Wow! This is loaded. But it couldn’t happen here! Could it?
THE CENTRIST
“Kick the hubris out of Harrisburg!” -- THE CENTRIST
"It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. " -- Albert Einstein
Copyright © 2006: “THE CENTRIST”. All Rights Reserved.
The Times March 13, 2006
Secret plan to open a thousand casinos
By Sam Coates
PLANS to allow more than 1,000 new casinos to open within a decade have been uncovered by The Times. Months after Parliament agreed a limit of one super-casino and 16 smaller ones, a government report reveals that hundreds could be built every year.
The report, written by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, also reveals that there are nearly twice as many gambling addicts as the Government first claimed.
Read it all at:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-2083553,00.html
Wow! This is loaded. But it couldn’t happen here! Could it?
THE CENTRIST
“Kick the hubris out of Harrisburg!” -- THE CENTRIST
"It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. " -- Albert Einstein
Copyright © 2006: “THE CENTRIST”. All Rights Reserved.
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