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Let's talk about the jail cell I will occupy if I respond to my
customer's demand by following suit and installing slot machines in my meeting room... My tribe's name for me is Singing Pipe. Wanna cut a deal with me for making your hotel a reservation? Or is that making a reservation at your hotel {;-) These aren't Indian casinos. The state(s) justified allowing organized gambling casinos by stating that the money would go toward education. Who could oppose fleecing the stupid amongst us, when it meant that their money would go for "the children"? They also limited casinos to river boats. Who could argue against bringing back cool old paddle-wheel boats, straight out of a Mark Twain novel? Last month, local citizens authorized a new 1% local sales tax to -- you guessed it! -- "support the schools". All that gambling money -- and we're talking BILLIONS -- apparently isn't enough to build the schools we need in Iowa. And now, after a few years of allowing only river boats, they have changed the law to state that casinos must be built "on water". Thus, our new casino hotel is built in the middle of Iowa, far from any navigable rivers -- on top of giant bags of water. Incredible! And, in the final coup de grace, there is now a bill before the state legislature to remove the "on water" requirement. Our new governor Culver -- firmly in the pocket of organized crime -- is expected to sign it into law. We now have 19 casinos in Iowa -- a state with fewer people than the Chicago metropolitan area. It is to weep. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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