What happens in Cook County …
Corruption. Organized crime. Casinos.
Are we talking about Las Vegas or Cook County? Try both.
With Des Plaines being awarded Illinois’ 10th casino license this week, Cook County has hit the trifecta. We are officially big time.
Bright lights. Big county.
It is so fitting that, at the same time Cook County’s very own hometown governor - Rod Blagojevich - is in the national spotlight for alleged corruption, our county wins the state’s latest casino license.
Cook County and and a casino. It just seems right.
One town with a reputation for corruption and alleged mob ties loses out in the casino license competition - so they just put it in the town next door. Makes sense. That’s the Cook County way.
And, as far as the state is concerned, gambling has long been the answer to our budgetary prayers. Remember when the lottery was supposed to close our education funding gap?
Oops.
We suppose the new casino will be solve the problem, too.
Now, whether or not you agree with gambling, we’d like you to consider whether or not state-controlled gambling is a fitting substitute for a real, honest economic growth agenda.
And whether or not a corrupt state government like that in Illinois should have control of casinos. And whether a corrupt county like Cook should be able to host one.
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What happens in Cook County … | Casino Orleans on
Tue, 23rd Dec 2008 2:25 pm
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Cook County and gambling, cont’d… : Reform Cook County on
Tue, 23rd Dec 2008 10:51 pm
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Kass on the County’s New Casino : Reform Cook County on
Sat, 27th Dec 2008 1:46 pm
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