Somehow, considering the facts that a.) Lisa was pushing the governor
to create new casino licenses a few weeks ago and that b.) her
announcement that she was planning on killing the Rosemont deal came
within a half an hour of the governor saying he wouldn't create a
license for Chicago, I seriously doubt that her decision regarding
Rosemont had anything to do with the "integrity of gaming in Illinois"
as she likes to claim. She claims she made the decision regarding
Rosemont because the Gaming Board hadn't answered her questions to her
satisfaction but on April 8 the Gaming Board not only responded to her
inquiries at that time as she requested but they also told one of her
representatives who was present (since she herself chose not to
attend) that they were willing to answer as many questions as she
wanted and were willing to stay all night if necessary. Her
representative asked if they can do it another time, the Gaming Board
said basically "OK but we'd prefer to get it out of the way now so
that we can resolve this." As far as I can tell from the press,
Madigan's next step was to pull the rug out from under the Gaming
Board, Rosemont, and the governor in a move that will cost the state
around $400 million for what may reasonably be perceived to be
political retaliation.

Lisa set up the auction herself in January, she knew Rosemont would
have companies bidding for them as a location, and yet she couldn't be
bothered to say that Rosemont wasn't an acceptable location (to her)
until after the auction had closed. And of course it has nothing to
do with party infighting with the governor or the fact that she
received campaign contributions from Rosemont's competition for the
casino license.

So when you see taxes and fees raised and state services cut to
fill that $400 million dollar hole in the state budget that she made,
make sure that you smile and say "Well at least the state's gaming
still has integrity thanks to Lisa Madigan!" and remember it when she
runs for governor.



"Bill Denton" wrote in message ...
Governor Blagovozychilmwric (or whatever) said a Chicago casino isn't going
to happen as they are only supposed to go into economically depressed areas.

Further, Attorney General Lisa Madigan sez the Gaming Board improperly
awarded a casino license in Rosemont, IL (home of Mobz 'R Us; right next to
O'Hare). And Madigan might just have the balls (and her daddy does have the
power) to make it stick.

You'll notice that Vegas has had to dump that whole "family oriented" thing
and go back to trying to attract the whole hard-core losers, I mean gamers,
crowd. Maybe the bloom is finally coming off that rose. To each his own, and
all of that, but I really don't like gambling!

"Ben Smith" wrote in message
...
...here it comes...

...a GAMBLING CASINO! *gasp!*

Anyone have a recent news link to this announcement?

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Ben
C-172 - N13258 @ 87Y