The Sedgwick County Commission deservedly has taken heat for dropping the idea of holding a casino advisory vote because anti-gambling area legislators objected. With Harvey, Sumner and Marion counties now planning such referendums before the Legislature reconvenes, the Sedgwick County commissioners formally told the state Wednesday that any state expansion of gambling shouldn’t exclude Sedgwick County. But as argued in our editorial in Thursday’s Eagle, that wishy-washy resolution is unlikely to carry the same weight in Topeka as a public vote, especially among our anti-gambling local lawmakers.
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I don’t know about that. Just because Sedgwick county wants to save tax payers money, they should be punished from having a Casino?
The Sedgwick County delegation is probably getting their earfull of people calling them up and sending them mail on the matter of Casinos.
They will have to take up the issue in the next legislature session. I will be surprised that Sedgwick County will not get anything because there is no “before hand” vote on the matter. If the county looses out, it will because of the people in NE part of Kansas who will not want our area to have one.
Riiiiiight……Sedgwick county and the city want to save the taxpayers money…….yeah, who believes that one?
Certainly nobody who pays property taxes or sales taxes
When do journalist, politicians, city/county administrators, organizational leaders, … EVER come out with a straight story? We live in a world of spin. Some, like Rhonda, are more obvious than others.
Do you really want to vote on a non-binding issue? I already voted for a County Commissioner that I entrusted to make decisions. And he did. If I think he doesn’t represent the best interest of the County, then I’ll vote for someone else during the next election. Or, does Rhonda want to have a no-confidence vote every time a decision doesn’t go her way?
Does Rhonda want us to be like the left-coast, and vote on every major decision? What are the criteria for a ‘major’ decision? When the MSM says it is? I think you inhaled, Rhonda.
Speaking of a hundred questions you have not taken the time to ask Rhonda, why not ask Sharon Feary to lobby for a non-binding vote in the City?
Given the volatility of this issue, the County checkmated the State.
With the continuous drum beat for a Destination Casino on the frontpages and editorial pages, The Eagle may eventually get one in the area.The same method was used for the Arena. The only way a single Casino will attract out of state visitors is through the big name entertainment it offers — Nothing but the best for their deep pockets.But now we have a problem Mr. Eagle. How do we fill two of your major successes with fans on a weekend when we can’t even get a full house in our current facilities? You will soon have two eggs on your face. YourCasino can’t be a destination without draining your Arena of most big name concerts. There are only so many Gun Shows and River Festivalsavailable to keep the Arena busy.
ID is right. We vote on the casino every election by voting for our representitives. So far they are doing what the Eagle advertised they would in the voters guide.
ID-Did you say the county checkmated the state? What! I think what the County did is shoot itself in the foot with a big gun.
Sorry you don’t get your way all the time everytime, Zoom. Reacting to every whim of the MSM pukes and people like blow hard Bob Knight and cry baby Dee Stuart, is a very inefficient way of running a government. Hell, I want a ‘destination lake’ with a party cove like the Lake of The Ozarks. Guess I should expect the County Commissioners to jump through their shorts and spend $160,000 on a referendum, by God. I’ve got investors. I’ve got people who want to buy homes on the lake. The Governor, however, is blocking crucial support in Topeka that I need to build the lake. Like the Casino, though, I know that regardless of a Sedgwick County referendum on the Lake project, Topeka and NE Kansas will do everything they can to keep Wichita from being the economic powerbroker it once was before Johnson County took our flag.
Topeka’s so-called demand (yeah, right. I believe that one) to have a referendum on the Casino was just a political ploy.
But, I’ll humor you for a bit. Let’s spend $160,000 (nit compared to the overall budget, I know) for a referendum. If the vote is close, which I suspect it will be once the data from other Casino states is made public, then the far right Republican’s in Topeka will use that to either stifle, dilute, or kill the bill. And now the far right Republicans have ammunition to go after local moderates. If the vote is a clear victory for a Casino, again, the far right Republicans in Topeka still control the legislature but will acquiesce by allowing a bill requiring a County vote to approve. So, we vote again. And the far right has enough ammunition to use against the local moderates to replace them with far right candidates, and the new far right County Commissioners do not allow the vote. Damn! I hate it when that happens. It stinks, but that’s Kansas politics.
I still contend that the fastest path to a Casino is through Topeka, and that I voted for a County Commissioner who would show courage under fire, and he did.
We need a casino like we need an extra 100 drunk drivers on I35.
First we need a casino as an extra tax incomeSecondly we need a casino to keep people entertained withing the countyThirdly we need a casino to give people jobsAs you see i’m not talking about morality here