Check this out. A casino in St Tammany Parish. WDSU.com Channel 6 News. In Slidell. I think it would have to be. It would never fly in Mandeville.
I do not like casinos. I moved to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi in 1991 about 3 months before the big vote to allow casinos. I was there when the first casinos moved into Gulfport and Biloxi. I was also there for alot of the construction as the larger casinos moved in and real estate was renovated. Hotels, condominiums, etc. All of this is good, what I abhor about casinos is the wanton waste of money. Casinos are there for people to throw away money, plain and simple.
If it were just the entertainment side of gambling I would not see it so bad, a group of guys getting around and playing poker or bourre'. Hell I might bring the kids. But gambling can take hold of people and get their blood up making them do things they would not normally do. There is a story we tell about foreclosure sales, though not exactly like gambling the desire to win is the same. A man pulls a dollar out of his pocket and auctions it off. The bidding gets to over $20.00 before people come to their senses. Do not let the excitement get the better of you. It will only cost you money.
Take that excitement and add in all the free alcohol you can consume. Please. This is legal? You have got to be kidding. I want to own one. Candy from a baby is what I call it. Fleecing. You are not even making it a level playing field. The house always wins. Sometimes I have dreams I am an American Indian. Blackfoot I think…
Why not a new Pontchartrain Beach? A couple of safe rides for the kids, a boardwalk with shops and restaurants along the shore over looking the water. I would rather see something like that than a casino. Just my opinion, and you know how opinions are like ughrum! (clearing of throat) everybody's got one and most of them stink. My $.02.
Thank You
Marc