Wednesday, November 12, 2008
That Word 'Weaning' Again
The News Tribune kindly publishes a guest editorial this morning from yours truly on the subject of gambling tax revenues and the Lakewood city budget. I'll keep you posted on the reactions I get. What do you think?
On a personal note, I am going to be interested in what I assume and hope will be strong reactions. The election did not end anything, so the idea here is and was to get people thinking. There's something in my editorial to irritate everyone! Folks against casinos will disagree that I still don't want to ban them. Folks who support casinos know it will be easier to campaign against them if the tax they generate does not support the police budget. I've been surprised at the number of folks who have said directly, 'We voted no this time but you guys better find a way to support police other ways ...'
Gonna be an interesting holiday season ...
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On a personal note, I am going to be interested in what I assume and hope will be strong reactions. The election did not end anything, so the idea here is and was to get people thinking. There's something in my editorial to irritate everyone! Folks against casinos will disagree that I still don't want to ban them. Folks who support casinos know it will be easier to campaign against them if the tax they generate does not support the police budget. I've been surprised at the number of folks who have said directly, 'We voted no this time but you guys better find a way to support police other ways ...'
Gonna be an interesting holiday season ...
