Sussex Should Oppose Gambling
Mar 15th, 2010 by thatsElbert
A recent article on the Cape Gazette points out the difficultly several find getting the Sussex County Council to pass a resolution condemning gambling in the county. From the article:
Eric Bodenweiser has appealed to council twice, and at the Feb. 16 meeting he was joined by four others. There is no indication council will place the matter on a future agenda, but at least one member, Sam Wilson, R-Georgetown, voiced support for a resolution.
Councilman Wilson’s comments from the same article:
“It’s a rarity to find people to stand for morals today,” he said. State officials are putting proceeds from gambling first without considering any possible ramifications, he said.
The Cape Gazette reports Councilman George Cole (R-Ocean View) opinions:
…the council is not involved with social issues but land-use matters. In that regard, he has asked county staff to explore a zoning designation specifically for casinos.
I perceive that Councilman Cole’s position is to accept what the state desires to impose upon the county, thus set up ways to deal with the construction of casinos in the county. It would seem that his position is in fact an involvement in social issues, judging that everything is OK with the Governor’s desire to turn the state into a giant casino.
Sussex County needs to say no to the expansion of gambling. As it is pointed out at this link:
Gambling addicts people, ruins marriages, destroys families, exploits children, fleeces the poor, bankrupts communities, raises crime, creates corruption, makes false promises, distorts reality, deceives the public and lies all the way to the bank.
Marginalizing gambling opposition because it is a “social” issue results in creating problems that spill into those areas that are seen at non-social. Recognizing potential problems on those areas, the council should move to oppose gambling in the county, not only by resolution but by banning its operation or at the very least making it impossible to construct or operate here.
Sussex County Councils job is to decide land use issues before them. Let free enterprise work. Keep goverment out of business peoples lives.
Bring on the table games!
Three is enough.
I’ve got a real problem with the state looking at gambling as the cure to all what’s sick in the budget & jobs market. Why aren’t we trying harder to put real jobs in the state like manufacturing? The jobs that are being promised in the construction of these places will last maybe 2 years and then *poof* they’re gone. Oh wait, there will be jobs in the rasinos! Yeah, those nice high paying jobs.
The state shouldn’t be attempting to balance its budget on the back of an expanded network of one-armed bandits. Cut costs, innovate, privatize, but for Christ sakes, quit feeding the monster…or else, someday, it will consume all of us.
Casinos and government…the largest industry in Kent County…state, municipal, county and state jobs added to all the teachers and you have the Kent County Job market…oh, also Bayhealth…
we need real jobs, a career path for our youngsters…
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Elbert, a racino job is better than no job at all. Just ask all those that are unemployed and are missing thier mortgages.
Those are real jobs, but I agree with you that we need diversification again. You are leaving out the huge retail industry, the air base, and agriculture. Construction is down and so is manufactoring. We do have a lot of small businesses which provide the majority of employment in Kent.