[DoughtyOne]

I didn’t vote for this last round of casino expansions. When I found out the tribes were dumping huge bucks into efforts to influence what takes place in Sacramento, it really soured me on the whole casino deal.

Initially I had wanted a better life for the Indians on the reservations. I just hadn’t planned on them trying to control Sacramento with those funds.

[VRWC For Truth]

The biggest revenue for Casinos goes to their owners. Suprise. How about a novel idea like CUTTING SPENDING for a change? We have absolute dopes running this country.

[ElkGroveDan]

Gov. Schwarzenegger ... promised

Well there's yer problem right there.

[Hugin]

People have less disposable income right now for all forms of entertainment, including gambling. Plus most are in pretty remote locations, and the cost of gas is hurting them. Some are offering free gas or gambling credits to get people to come.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Gov. Schwarzenegger and other government officials promised that the tribes would help balance the state's troubled budget with an influx of gambling dollars. The casino riches would help protect state funding for schools, police and fire departments, health care and roads, the tribes and their supporters said.

This is what they said about taxes, bonds, the lottery, casinos, etc. What next? Carbon Credits?

[vaudine]

The libs running CA want to get everything, but give nothing. When will they realize there is no free lunch. They tax and spend, tax and spend, ...on and on, while refusing to drill, build refineries or utilities. They slap the citizens in the name of global warming, environmentalism, and put the horned snail above humans, the indigent humans above the working, and then add more taxes when nothing seems to work.

Sadly, all the hard working Californians are going to have to leave and let the place sink. I don't see any possibility of waking up Hollywood and Sacramento to the realities of life.

vaudine

[calcowgirl]

Schwarzenegger denied that he and other supporters oversold the deals.

ROFL!

Schwarzenegger has oversold every single thing he has ever promoted, including himself as a "leader."

[GOP_Lady]

"The estimates did not reflect the possibility that an economic slowdown would reduce casino activity and produce less casino revenue for the state, Department of Finance spokesman H.D. Palmer said.

Well, why not? There's the problem right there. Any dummy would come up with an average of what good and bad times would bring in revenue.

[NonValueAdded]

gee, who could have seen this coming? /UltraDrippingSarc