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Issue 3 - Casino News & Updates

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  1. somertimeoh

    somertimeoh
    Harrison West
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    I'm afraid they are preaching to the choir with those signs.

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  2. blammo

    blammo
    Winoland Park
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    still, you gotta love "WHAT THE FUCK ISSUE 3" as a tag line.

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  3. JonMyers

    JonMyers
    Short North
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    Yeah, the tagline stopped me in my tracks. It's great. My guess is someone will rip down all the flyers by lunch tomorrow.

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  4. Walker

    Walker
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    Thursday, October 22, 2009, 10:43am EDT
    ColumbusChamber opposes casino plan
    Business First of Columbus - by Jeff Bell

    The ColumbusChamber said Thursday it will oppose State Issue 3, a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow casinos to be built in Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo and Cincinnati.

    The chamber joins the Columbus Partnership, an organization of the region’s business executives and civic leaders, in opposing the proposal, which is on the Nov. 3 ballot.

    READ MORE: http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/10/19/daily33.html?ana=from_rss

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  5. Rockmastermike

    Rockmastermike
    The Bacon District
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    The septic smell of this proposed amendment just keeps getting stronger.

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  6. adrock

    adrock
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    what about cockfighting in ohio?

    a group in WV is starting a campaign to legalize cockfighting as part of their casinos.

    if that passes in WV, then wouldn't issue 3 also allow cockfighting in ohio casinos since any new games in neighboring states have to be allowed here?

    http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=33183

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  7. Rockmastermike

    Rockmastermike
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    adrock wrote >>
    what about cockfighting in ohio?
    a group in WV is starting a campaign to legalize cockfighting as part of their casinos.
    if that passes in WV, then wouldn't issue 3 also allow cockfighting in ohio casinos since any new games in neighboring states have to be allowed here?
    http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=33183

    That has to be a hoax

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  8. Core_Models

    Core_Models
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    While real...which is scary...it appears to have virtually no traction.

    http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=33197

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  9. Core_Models

    Core_Models
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    BTW, if they pass the Running Man game into reality, it would have an opportunity to be legal here too.

    And if my aunt had a dick she'd be my uncle.

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  10. Walker

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    57 percent surveyed say they support casino issue
    Sunday, October 25, 2009
    Reginald Fields
    Plain Dealer Bureau Chief

    Fifty-seven percent of registered voters support Issue 3, a poll for Ohio's largest newspapers shows. The poll was a follow-up to one last month in which 59 percent supported the plan for casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo.

    READ MORE: http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1256373185147440.xml&coll=2

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  11. Core_Models

    Core_Models
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    don't make me quote myself and show you that its already been covered Walk...not with your anniversary upcoming ;)

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  12. Walker

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    Ohio would be far better off without casinos
    Tuesday, October 27, 2009 2:54 AM
    BY MIKE CURTIN

    Since 1990, casino proponents have spent about $60 million in four elections trying to persuade Ohioans to give them a state-sanctioned gambling monopoly.

    All four times, Ohio voters have wisely rejected the offers. About 10.3 million votes have been cast against these proposals, with about 6.6 million cast in favor.

    That's a consistent, 61-to-39, common-sense message against the false promise of a gambling-induced economic stimulus.

    But the deep-pocketed gambling barons never go away.

    READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2009/10/27/curtin.ART_ART_10-27-09_A9_HLFF7EH.html?sid=101

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  13. Walker

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    Core_Models wrote >>
    don't make me quote myself and show you that its already been covered Walk...not with your anniversary upcoming ;)

    I'm just sharing some links to stories I've found. I didn't see that one posted yet.

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  14. Core_Models

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    "Thompson and two other national gambling experts, in an Oct. 18 Dispatch story, agreed that the notion of a casino-induced economic stimulus is absurd. A fool's bet."

    They should actually link that story, as it was a "true and false" of the casino argument which also showed a good portion of the claims by the anti-casino group as false.

    And no offense, but the minute I see someone use the "broken family" argument, I lose all respect.

    Come on...really?

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  15. Core_Models

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    lol...I ain't mad at ya Walk. In fact, since I saw that whole Monster Mash video I can't keep but thinking of you smiling.

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  16. Mercurius

    Mercurius
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    I'd be cool with a casino if it had only the classic games of craps, roulette, poker and black jack. Everything else is just going to bring rubbish and problems I don't want. I'm voting against Issue 3. Everything about it screams chintzy and ill conceived.

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  17. Aunt Madge

    Aunt Madge
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    adrock wrote >>
    what about cockfighting in ohio?
    a group in WV is starting a campaign to legalize cockfighting as part of their casinos.
    if that passes in WV, then wouldn't issue 3 also allow cockfighting in ohio casinos since any new games in neighboring states have to be allowed here?
    http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=33183

    I think cock fighting would be a bit extreme ... I just am tired of the Catholic Church having the monopoly on gambling in Ohio. I think we should be able to have "Monte Carlo" Night every night without having to drive 100+ miles.

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  18. jackoh

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    Why are we even voting on whether to have casinos open up or not in Ohio? Shouldn't any business that is legal be able to come here without having to get approval through a constitutional amendment or vote of the General Assembly?

    And if gambling isn't legal, how can the state run the lottery or its games?

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  19. adrock

    adrock
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    Core_Models wrote >>
    While real...which is scary...it appears to have virtually no traction.
    http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=33197

    no traction right now, but they just started the campaign. if i hadn't been listening to WLW from cincinnati in my car, i wouldn't have even known about it. but the news report did say that they had some legislators on their side already. i think this is a real possibility for WV, and if issue 3 passes, maybe ohio.

    http://wva4gamecocks.com/

    Posted 4 months ago # |
  20. Analogue Kid

    Analogue Kid
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    Issue 3 supporters today released an image of the proposed downtown Columbus casino:

    Posted 4 months ago # |