I kind of like the idea. But, it would have to be enough money. What about the organized crime influx into the State, a la Las Vegas and Atlantic City as a result?

I could see also putting casinos, if you are going to have them, at the Snowshoe and Canaan Valley Resorts areas. This would give them additional summer business and generally keep them away from the populated areas of the State where they would be tempting to poor people.

I don’t like the gambling business really at all. It looks like we are grasping at anything to get jobs. Look at the poverty surrounding the Atlantic City Area. Has gambling brought that much prosperity to Mississippi and other areas besides Vegas?

It always amuses me when I go to self-service gasoline stations in lower economic areas and have to wait behind people who are buying lottery tickets, beer, and cigarettes. And, these people can’t afford it.

I doubt the constitutionality of table games.

If they vote on table games, I say have a State-wide constitutional vote, followed by county referendum.

I really like the way this sounds, although I would like to only give
them a limited time without additional competition. I can see the
Eastern Panhandle eclipsing Atlantic City for people in the southern
Megaopolis. This should allow the casino’s to grow increasing the state
cash flow from the corporate income tax. Sounds like a real good plan.

Dear MR Sprouse,i think the great welfare state of wv,should be the sole owner of these gaming places,and then we could take the people on welfare and give them jobs,that way we could get them off the backs of people that has worked all there life and are trying to make it on what little money we had to retire on,that way we could money have enough to pay for our medicine

She is deprived of even basic necessities because one or both of her parents have a gambling addiction and blow what small income they have.

This gambling addiciton is sanctioned by the State of WV in ever increasing increments because of the need for State MONEY. MONEY for pensions, budget digest projects, “economic development”, more State regulations, agencies, employees, etc.

So.. come on Legislators, lets open up gambling full tilt.. let’s roll in the dough while that small child suffers.

Hopefully there is a GOD and the folks that vote for gambling will answer for the crime to a higher power.

Just my opinion

If they took your idea, and used the money for more government, I would be 1000% against it.

We know the only two reasons this is going through…

1)Campaign cash

2)Money to hand out to government employees to secure their vote.

Retired and soon to be retired Teachers may take an active interest in the pension fund debt, but the WVEA doesn’t. They would take a 10% raise over a solvent pension plan 100 percent of the time, because they think if the retirement checks bounce the government should raise taxes yet again.

You remember how mad they got when Joe put last year’s surplus in the retirement system to make it disappear so that Joe did not have to have a food tax reduction versus teacher pay raise fight on his hand.

To summarize, your proposal does nothing for Joe Manchin and the Democrats. They don’t want a strong vibrant economy here, they want power.