Now PLACE YOUR BETS!
"Gettysburg casino plan touches off another battle" by Associated Press | August 24, 2010
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The plan to build a casino near the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War has sparked support and opposition from locals and out-of-towners.
The Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association said it will support a proposal to turn an existing hotel and conference center into a casino.
That decision, announced last week, came a few days after the national head of the American Legion declared the plan “a national disgrace.’’
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The preservation group said the casino would be providing much-needed economic development....
Critics have suggested the association’s support for the plan is a result of contributions and support from casino developer David LeVan, but....
How much you want to bet the North won the war?
"Rivals defend their case on Gettysburg casino plan; Developer cites success elsewhere; foes tap star allies" by Marc Levy, Associated Press | September 1, 2010
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — A divisive plan to build a casino near the site of the Civil War’s tide-turning Battle of Gettysburg is in the mold of many other communities that have successfully meshed gambling with historical tourist destinations, the developer told state regulators yesterday.
With opponents enlisting Hollywood power as they rally around the cry of “Save Gettysburg,’’ developer David LeVan pitched his plan for the Mason Dixon Resort & Casino as a well-worn concept in places such as Vicksburg, Miss., and Deadwood, S.D., that can bring tourists, investment, and tax revenue to the Gettysburg area.
“Mason Dixon can empower the region and reenergize a struggling county,’’ LeVan told the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.
Yup, GAMBLING is the ANSWER to ALL YOUR PROBLEMS!
The gaming board, which is considering Mason Dixon’s application to build the casino, was listening to comments from casino principals, supporters, and opponents at a public meeting near Gettysburg National Military Park.
Dogged opponents responded with a polished video featuring filmmaker Ken Burns, actors Sam Waterston and Matthew Broderick, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough, and local residents suggesting that the casino’s approval would betray the country’s duty to protect the place where soldiers died to save the nation -- about 50,000 of them killed, wounded, or captured in the bloodiest battle North America has ever seen.
You know, you can TELL WHICH SIDE the AGENDA-PUSHING MSM is on just by the WORD SELECTIONS they use!
If they INSULT YOU like that they are NOT IN FAVOR of your position!
When it was done, General George Meade’s Army of the Potomac stopped the northward advance by General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia, helping deliver a victory to Union forces.
A previous attempt by LeVan to win a Gettysburg-area casino license was rejected in 2006 amid a local outcry.
What is it about DEMOCRACY that these CRIMINAL VAMPIRES do NOT UNDERSTAND, huh?
What part of NO do they NOT GET?
LeVan, a former Conrail Inc. chairman and well-known local philanthropist and preservationist, lives across the street from the park’s museum and visitor center.
Speaking to the gaming board, he said Gettysburg is in Pennsylvania’s last untapped gambling market — an hour from Baltimore and Washington — and has a lot in common with Vicksburg, where the North won another important Civil War battle in 1863.
Why don't you KEEP IT THAT WAY then?
A video he showed to gaming board members characterized Vicksburg as a Civil War tourist town that was struggling before the arrival of casinos more than a decade ago helped it draw more tourists, and invest in its streets, sewers, and qualify of life.
I noticed that was NOT a POLISHED video, pro-gambling, agenda-pushing MSM!
But opponents counter that casinos have drawn tourists away from downtown Vicksburg, bankrupting businesses and leaving empty storefronts, and challenged Mason Dixon’s revenue projections as unduly rosy and reliant on area residents of modest means.
Oh WHO CARES about the HOLLOWED OUT TOWN?
Just BELIEVE the LYING CA$INO MAN!
After all, he certainly ha$ NOTHING to GAIN, right?
So did you WIN, readers?
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