Daley + Blagojevich = Big problems
05-08-03 | 07:34 PM
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Daley + Blagojevich = Big problems
Is it just me or does it seem that Mayor Daley is tryng to become the President of Illinois
I knew the family was a very powerfull force but now Bill Daley who is in Sr. Management at SBC is pushing Blagojevich to pass new laws that would allow SBC to make it impossible for smaller competitiors to stay in business.
Mayor Daley wants gambling and O'Hare expansion in a hurry.
Expect to see more of Migs Field style governing in the future.
Be very afraid what these guys are doing
I knew the family was a very powerfull force but now Bill Daley who is in Sr. Management at SBC is pushing Blagojevich to pass new laws that would allow SBC to make it impossible for smaller competitiors to stay in business.
Mayor Daley wants gambling and O'Hare expansion in a hurry.
Expect to see more of Migs Field style governing in the future.
Be very afraid what these guys are doing
05-09-03 | 08:05 AM
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05-09-03 | 08:13 AM
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We dodged a bullet
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05-09-03 | 08:50 AM
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Example # 2
More Casino's less Police
That's how you improve the community
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/050903_ns_demotion.html
That's how you improve the community http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/050903_ns_demotion.html
05-09-03 | 12:36 PM
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casino's are bad......m'kay
it's bad enough you have crackhead robbin' people to support their crack habit.......imagine what addicted gambler's will do........
casino's are bad......m'kay
it's bad enough you have crackhead robbin' people to support their crack habit.......imagine what addicted gambler's will do........
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05-09-03 | 10:30 PM
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05-11-03 | 11:33 PM
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Did I say that?
Suburban Chicago, IL, May 11 - Rod Blagojevich - the candidate - opposed the expansion of gambling. "It almost becomes addictive," he told the Daily Herald editorial board last October. "You almost become hooked on that in government like the individual becomes hooked on gambling. It becomes too easy and is not a good practice."
Rod Blagojevich - the governor - says it would be "imprudent" to dismiss state lawmakers' ideas on expanding gambling.
"I don't want to sound like Clinton here where I'm parsing words," he told the Daily Herald editorial board Friday, even slipping into a Bill Clinton accent for comedic effect.
"I was consistent. I wasn't for the expansion of gambling. I never said I would veto it. That's a bit of a parsing here. But that's very different from the very strong position and very strong statements I continuously made (against increasing) taxes," Blagojevich said.
That shift in rhetoric has Illinois on the precipice of its biggest gambling expansion since lawmakers authorized riverboat casinos in 1990.
A sweeping plan working its way through Springfield could turn Chicago and the suburbs into the gambling mecca of the Midwest. Proponents envision more than 1,100 slot machines at Arlington Park, video poker machines in any bar that wants one - including those at O'Hare International Airport -existing casinos with nearly twice as many gambling spots, a downtown Chicago casino and new casinos in Waukegan and the South suburbs.
Anti-gambling advocates question the effects of such a major expansion of gambling, citing increased social problems, which they say a new wave of gambling addicts would bring.
"We are very disappointed he is leaving the door open and we are going to do everything possible to shut the door tight for the citizens of this state," said Paul Caprio, executive director of Family PAC, which is part of the state's anti-gambling coalition.
That disappointment also stems from a survey Blagojevich or his campaign advisers filled out during the governor's race last year in which he said he would oppose virtually all of the gambling expansion measures that are now on the table.
Blagojevich has ruled out income or sales tax increases to fill a $5 billion budget deficit. He has not ruled out gambling changes and said he did not believe he was encouraging lawmakers to expand gambling by remaining open to considering their proposals.
As for why he's now willing to consider sweeping gambling changes, the governor noted that the state's budget deficit doubled from $2.5 billion since his election last November.
"I think it would be unrealistic and unreasonable in view of this $5 billion budget deficit, with the give-and-take you have to engage in with the legislature, to just knee-jerk rule out some of their suggestions without looking at them," Blagojevich said.
Lawmakers say the gambling expansion could net the state around $2 billion a year.
How much more gambling the state might end up with is unclear, however, largely because Blagojevich is reluctant to rule out any of the proposals, even the ones he doesn't care for, like video poker in bars.
Blagojevich is sympathetic to adding slots at Arlington Park and other horse tracks, allowing them to be used only on racing days. He also said he doesn't believe it's expanding gambling to add more gaming positions at existing riverboat casinos like Elgin's Grand Victoria.
Gambling already goes on at horse tracks and riverboat casinos, the governor said.
"I'm not that concerned about whether it's expansion or not," he said. "The question is, is it fair, does it serve a social function, and is it necessary? Those are going to be the criteria."
Blagojevich said he wants the state's 10th casino license formerly slated for Rosemont to go to the place it will generate the most money, and that it's "common sense" Chicago fits that description. That may not bode well for bids by Des Plaines, Rosemont or Waukegan to land the license.
Legalizing and taxing video poker at bars seems to have the least chance of winning approval. Blagojevich called video poker at bars "sleazy, slimy" and "insidious" because it tempts people who otherwise might not have sought out gambling.
"They have a long and hard and arduous road to convince me that's a direction I'd like to see the state go in," Blagojevich said. "That one's a lot more difficult than more slots at casinos and at the horse tracks."
The governor also isn't warm to the idea of adding new casino licenses for Waukegan and the South suburbs, which one downstate senator has suggested.
"I don't think anybody can say that's not an expansion of gambling," Blagojevich said. "It's not something we thought about as any kind of realistic approach."
As Blagojevich ponders how far to push expanded gaming, anti-gambling activists caution him that signing off on it could hurt him politically.
"After they expand gambling he is a marked man, marked as a governor that expanded gambling," said the Rev. Tom Grey of Rockford, who is executive director of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling. "He is a one-term governor. I'd bet on that."
• Daily Herald staff writer Joseph Ryan contributed to this report.
Gamble: Governor says deficit forced change
Rod Blagojevich - the governor - says it would be "imprudent" to dismiss state lawmakers' ideas on expanding gambling.
"I don't want to sound like Clinton here where I'm parsing words," he told the Daily Herald editorial board Friday, even slipping into a Bill Clinton accent for comedic effect.
"I was consistent. I wasn't for the expansion of gambling. I never said I would veto it. That's a bit of a parsing here. But that's very different from the very strong position and very strong statements I continuously made (against increasing) taxes," Blagojevich said.
That shift in rhetoric has Illinois on the precipice of its biggest gambling expansion since lawmakers authorized riverboat casinos in 1990.
A sweeping plan working its way through Springfield could turn Chicago and the suburbs into the gambling mecca of the Midwest. Proponents envision more than 1,100 slot machines at Arlington Park, video poker machines in any bar that wants one - including those at O'Hare International Airport -existing casinos with nearly twice as many gambling spots, a downtown Chicago casino and new casinos in Waukegan and the South suburbs.
Anti-gambling advocates question the effects of such a major expansion of gambling, citing increased social problems, which they say a new wave of gambling addicts would bring.
"We are very disappointed he is leaving the door open and we are going to do everything possible to shut the door tight for the citizens of this state," said Paul Caprio, executive director of Family PAC, which is part of the state's anti-gambling coalition.
That disappointment also stems from a survey Blagojevich or his campaign advisers filled out during the governor's race last year in which he said he would oppose virtually all of the gambling expansion measures that are now on the table.
Blagojevich has ruled out income or sales tax increases to fill a $5 billion budget deficit. He has not ruled out gambling changes and said he did not believe he was encouraging lawmakers to expand gambling by remaining open to considering their proposals.
As for why he's now willing to consider sweeping gambling changes, the governor noted that the state's budget deficit doubled from $2.5 billion since his election last November.
"I think it would be unrealistic and unreasonable in view of this $5 billion budget deficit, with the give-and-take you have to engage in with the legislature, to just knee-jerk rule out some of their suggestions without looking at them," Blagojevich said.
Lawmakers say the gambling expansion could net the state around $2 billion a year.
How much more gambling the state might end up with is unclear, however, largely because Blagojevich is reluctant to rule out any of the proposals, even the ones he doesn't care for, like video poker in bars.
Blagojevich is sympathetic to adding slots at Arlington Park and other horse tracks, allowing them to be used only on racing days. He also said he doesn't believe it's expanding gambling to add more gaming positions at existing riverboat casinos like Elgin's Grand Victoria.
Gambling already goes on at horse tracks and riverboat casinos, the governor said.
"I'm not that concerned about whether it's expansion or not," he said. "The question is, is it fair, does it serve a social function, and is it necessary? Those are going to be the criteria."
Blagojevich said he wants the state's 10th casino license formerly slated for Rosemont to go to the place it will generate the most money, and that it's "common sense" Chicago fits that description. That may not bode well for bids by Des Plaines, Rosemont or Waukegan to land the license.
Legalizing and taxing video poker at bars seems to have the least chance of winning approval. Blagojevich called video poker at bars "sleazy, slimy" and "insidious" because it tempts people who otherwise might not have sought out gambling.
"They have a long and hard and arduous road to convince me that's a direction I'd like to see the state go in," Blagojevich said. "That one's a lot more difficult than more slots at casinos and at the horse tracks."
The governor also isn't warm to the idea of adding new casino licenses for Waukegan and the South suburbs, which one downstate senator has suggested.
"I don't think anybody can say that's not an expansion of gambling," Blagojevich said. "It's not something we thought about as any kind of realistic approach."
As Blagojevich ponders how far to push expanded gaming, anti-gambling activists caution him that signing off on it could hurt him politically.
"After they expand gambling he is a marked man, marked as a governor that expanded gambling," said the Rev. Tom Grey of Rockford, who is executive director of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling. "He is a one-term governor. I'd bet on that."
• Daily Herald staff writer Joseph Ryan contributed to this report.
Gamble: Governor says deficit forced change
05-15-03 | 07:20 PM
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05-19-03 | 01:44 PM
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I guess there is no incentive to become documented
A good step forward for the kids but a step back for enfocement of existing laws?
http://www.nbc5.com/news/2213287/detail.html
A good step forward for the kids but a step back for enfocement of existing laws?
http://www.nbc5.com/news/2213287/detail.html
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