Harvey County narrowly approved an advisory vote Friday supporting casino gambling. And if a KWCH, Channel 12, scientific survey proves accurate, voters in Sumner and Marion counties will also back casinos when their mail-in ballots are counted this week. But will it matter? Not if many of our state lawmakers can help it. They’ve made it clear that they don’t care what the public thinks on this issue, and even a vote of the people is unlikely to change their minds.
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If a gambling casino comes to Wichita or southern Kansas, I predict the following scenerio.
A raggedy little woman walks in followed by two equally raggedy, tattered children. She hands a $100 bill to the slot machine operator and says, “Sir, this is all the money we have to buy food for the rest of the month. Could you please put this in that bright flashing chrome money machine? And pull the handle so we can win enough to buy food and pay our rent so we don’t get thrown out in the snow on Christmas eve.”
The slot machine operator, wearing a Santa Claus cap and a fake beard, says “OK sister, quick give me that money.” He puts the money in the slot and pulls the chrome handle downward with a motion as quick as Saint Nick. The machine whirls, rings, flashes, spins, practically knocking his Santa Claus hat off, but finally stops with one final sputter.
“Sorry sister, you DIDN’T win. Come back when you have more food and rent money.”
Jwink is correct. I have seen that raggedy little woman. I have also seen many raggedy children waiting outside.
Keep advertising wise old eagle. Soon you will be sold and a more responsible bunch of editors will come in to fight the Indians.
BTW. We already voted against casinos. The last election the Eagle asked All candidates their plan for legalized gambling. Those who said “Hell No!” were elected. It was mostly the poor districts that voted for those who said yes.
The NE Part of Kansas will not allow a Casino to be had down here. Not going to fly! We are step children, backwards people down here. We don’t deserve a casino.
That being said! I’m not to kind for a casino. After watching a tv series on gambling addiction, I’m convience. Yeah! People say that gamblers will gamble anyways, might as well take their money.
Ok! I guess drug abusers will always take drugs. Might as well get the money from them and have the state sell them narcotics.
It will bring jobs! Other than Las Vegas (which is more about entertainment than Casinos) look at communities that have casinos! All the Native American Reservations are extremely poor, and Casinos was suppose to help them. Yeah right! Look at Alantic City. Talk about a complete worthless dump. One of the worst places, dirtiest places, crime ridden place I have ever been.
I was checking out the Boardwalk in Alantic City, because I thought it was a nice place. Boy was I wrong. You know how many people begged me and my friend for money, try to sell us their watches, rings, plane tickets, bus tickets back to NYC. We were propositioned by so many hookers, the Boardwalk was fility, the town is ranned down. We couldn’t find a good restaurant to eat at.
That new casino that advertises on TV in Newkirk Oklahoma. Lets see if that does anything for that community. Lets see if businesses pop up there and that town starts seeing businesses. Yeah right!
Too my horror stories on Casinos. I’m not trying to be God Squad about this. It’s a sad site. But if Newton really wants a Casino. Go ahead and put it up there. Let them deal with it. Because I garuntee that if a Casino is built in Kansas, not one casino goer will go shop or eat at any place in Newton. They will just stay, spend, and eat only in the Casino. So it will do nothing for Newton’s other businesses. It might help the county get tax revenue, and low-skilled people some jobs, but thats about it. There is no real economic benefit.
Fuuny how the Eagle ED writers support the vote of the people when the issue is part of their liberal agenda. But when it involves something they don’t want – watch out voters, let those dumb legislators do their jobs! So, we should vote on casinos but not on taxes? What hypocrites!
Marty–As a “flaming liberal” and proud of it, let me set you straight on casinos, liberals aren’t for them.
We believe that a good and healthy society leads to good healthy individuals. That’s why we’re staunch environmentalists.
Casinos are the worst kind of capitalism–they take all the worst abuses and make a living on them.
Despicable.
GalahadStrange to be on the same side.
If it ain’t you and it ain’t me then who in the hell is paying off the Eagle to give all the free publicity?
Oh, yeah. Knight and his indian friends. They also pay big money to sponsor all the ‘free’ poker tournaments around town.
Yeah, I thought of that too. I don’t know who all these people are that are clamoring for the “right” of casinos to prey on people’s greed and help impoverish them.
The religious right doesn’t like the idea and neither does the “nanny-state” left.
Hmmm . . .
My wife and I have enjoyed casinos in seven states and Canada, and not once have we ever seen “a raggedy little women / two raggedy little kids “. What and where have you been to witness all of this personal tradegy?? Since the dawn of time, people have gambled. True, there are some who just shouldn’t. As in ANY activity! I just do not understand how the mention of a casino brings the rabid dog out in people. For you folks living in and around the Wichita area, a casino might possibly improve your standards of living, both financially and morally. Take a long drive to a place called White Cloud and ask them their opinion of having a casino. Of, course, you have to remember that White Cloud doesn’t, and never has had, daily shootings, stabbings, rapes, robberies, car thefts, porn shops (Oh My Gawd!!!!!), strip joints, street hustlers, gang related crime, and the list goes on and on. Yes, a casino, or three, just might be a very big improvement in and around the Wichita area.
Never heard of a casino called White Cloud. I did regularly visit an Indian casino 50 miles from nowhere in Iowa. No crime there either. It went 50 miles away. There were always a few kids left unattended in the pool and more in line for the comp buffet.Most recently in KC I recall a number of kids waiting outside the casino while someone bet the family fortune inside. Just sitting. Pitiful.
Oh. It was the Argosy in Riverside. Plenty of crime there. Hardly made a drop in the bucket.
In a republic, the elected officials are expected to know more than the run-of-the-mill publc dude.
In many case, this works. Casinos are very bad for society and for democratic government. People who want them are like a drunk who wants more booz. The drunk’s credibility is zip.
Just a short side note. For those folks that use Atlantic City as an example about the horrors of a casino. Folks, Atlantic City was a teeming garbage dump of humanity long before the coming of the casinos. It had its heyday several generations back and was dying a slow death back in the forties and the fifties. And as far as the article we are blogging about, when has our elected officials ever paid much attention to what the voters want?
Most big cities with new casinos were planted in an area of a “teeming garbage dump of humanity”. Who else would have them?
Codie, you really need to get out of the house more often. Despite differences of opinion, Merry Christmas