Is a free performing arts center enough to overcome the negatives a downtown casino could bring with it?
New York casinos
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We have a casino glut!
“Casino Boom Pinches Northeastern States.” That was the headline on a Wall Street Journal story last week. There are now so many casinos and racetrack racinos in this region that their owners are pleading for help, the Journal said. And state governments are worrying as a big source of tax revenue shrinks. Really? And is […]
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Casinos, casinos,casinos everywhere
Sometime in the next decade, New York will be awash in casinos. I wonder if the politicians and business leaders who wanted them will be sorry. Casinos are a hot topic in Henrietta right now. The Seneca Nation announced last week that it has bought land off I-390 for a casino, and Henrietta residents quickly […]
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ENDORSEMENT: Vote no on casinos
Of the six proposals on the ballot in the November election, we are focusing on the most controversial: the measure permitting more casinos in the state. If voters approve the proposal, the state could get as many as seven new casinos. The first four would be in Upstate New York, but none would be in […]
