Yes, but I'm not acting all high and mighty. Besides....I've upgraded to a new mullet... still own the Camaro though.
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Yes, but I'm not acting all high and mighty. Besides....I've upgraded to a new mullet... still own the Camaro though.
Ummm..... I'd say there's plenty of homes and apartments close to riverside.
Didn't say anything about decreasing crime. I'm asking for some facts of it significantly increasing.
Funny how the logic behind defending said rights seems to waiver with the wind with some on this board. It's all about personal responsibility, some people can't handle gambling just like some can't handle drinking. Casinos don't cause crime any more than guns do. THAT'S my point.
River Spirit is not even close to being a comparative location to the proposed casino in B.A. River Spirit is located directly on a major 4 lane divided arterial road, bordered by a river one one side and thousands of businesses within the immediate mile radius. In B.A. There is absolutely NOTHING except for 2 lane non shouldered roads, family homes, schools and chruches within a 2 mile radius.
While you may not have seen any increase in crime, I'm guessing that the Tulsa Police blotter says different. "There is no other negative effect"... how do you know?
Hint: The "meth in the building" happened at the Wal-mart across the street from the Riverspirit. The shooting happened on admiral and memorial or 71st and memorial, take your pick. Point was that as of lately, there have been problems in Wal-marts, but nobody bitches about them going in.
What rights are you defending? The right to gamble?
For the record, I agree that one should control themselves and it's not up to me to do that if it's a legal endeavor. It is, however fully within my rights to argue that plopping a casino into a neighborhood isn't in the interest of the community. Why are you so hell bent in determining how I want my neighborhood to look? Do you live in the propsed area?
Let's suppose someone wanted to plop a nightclub down on that plot of land... there WOULD be an increase in drunk driving along the nearby roads. To think otherwise is just silly. I would argue just as strong if not more against that.
you're right in that casinos do not cause crime.
it's the level of personal responsibility of the people that frequent them that I question:
http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/couple-leaves-child-in-car-at-casino
as well as those that prey upon the patrons:
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-....,cf.osb&fp=2f0b188327e19041&biw=1440&bih=785
so don't tell me that crime doesn't take place in association with casinos.
proof is in the pudding.
http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=robbed+leaving+casino+&pbx=1&oq=robbed+leaving+casino+&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=35739l36752l3l37448l8l7l0l0l0l4l209l1089l1.4.2l7l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1440&bih=785&cad=h#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=shooting+in+wal-mart&pbx=1&oq=shooting+in+wal-mart&aq=f&aqi=g-sC4&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=8897l14062l0l14660l20l13l0l3l3l0l441l2649l1.9.0.1.2l16l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=4a1256766fc72054&biw=1159&bih=678
Let's ban Wal-marts too. It's for the neighborhoods.....
Here's a little lite reading from a professor at the University of Illinois. It's a little outdated (2010), but I think it speaks for itself. I would be interested to hear your rebuttal based on your own study. Or are you simply stating your "opinion"?
http://www.netnebraska.org/television/news/ne_connects/gambling/CasinosCrime.pdf
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