To: the Deejay
The focus on the casinos is what galls me the most. Screw the casinos.
To: Trust but Verify
My God, TBV, I happen to agree with you on something.
To: Trust but Verify
It is possible that some of the people that are asking about the casinos, may be thinking about the people that work there, and the cities whose main source of income is from tourism and casinos...
and what that might mean for those cities and counties.
1,986 posted on
08/30/2005 12:13:06 PM PDT by
Txsleuth
(Arlington Texas --- Next home of the Dallas Cowboys...going more broke every second.)
To: Trust but Verify
Screw the casinos. I understand the sentiment but those casinos may be one of the few places available for emergency housing. Most have large hotels nearby which may be the only place the refugees can stay for a few weeks while the water subsides and the infrastructure is rebuilt.
It won't be like *living* in a hotel (room service, etc.) but it is a place where you can lay down and sleep. For some people, that's all they're going to have for awhile.
2,065 posted on
08/30/2005 12:22:13 PM PDT by
Tall_Texan
(Visit Club Gitmo - The World's Only Air-Conditioned Gulag.)
To: Trust but Verify
Screw the casinos
THe casinos are important because not only do they bring in about 500 million in tax revenue per day to MS, they also provide something like 14,000 jobs in the MS area.
These poor people have no housing and now no jobs
2,132 posted on
08/30/2005 12:32:32 PM PDT by
Republican Red
(''Van der Sloot" is Dutch for ''Kennedy.")
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