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re: Why exactly are republicans in St Tammany against Casinos?
Posted on 11/14/21 at 11:14 am to McVick
Posted on 11/14/21 at 11:14 am to McVick
I think at the end of the day a lot of people forget that both parties are having a power struggle right now. The Democrats of course it's between the Moderate Blue Dog Democrats and the Socialists. For Republicans it's between Libertarian Conservatives and old school Conservatives.
My bet is it's the old school Conservatives that are so against it. Even though they're surrounded by it and they'll get all the negatives without any of the positives.
My bet is it's the old school Conservatives that are so against it. Even though they're surrounded by it and they'll get all the negatives without any of the positives.
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Posted on 11/14/21 at 11:18 am to GetMeOutOfHere
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I didn't know local county/parish/borough government was the same as big government.
It all feels the same if you're the one being squashed by it
Posted on 11/14/21 at 11:31 am to Peepdip
Probably the highest proportion of Baptists in South LA
Posted on 11/14/21 at 11:45 am to Gravitiger
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Probably the highest proportion of Baptists in South LA
And loudest. You wouldn’t know there was a single Catholic here.
Posted on 11/14/21 at 12:00 pm to SlowFlowPro
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You need out of state funding to make it a net positive for your area. If not, you're just creating a tax of sorts on your own population. A casino in the NS is just going to be a vampire on the NS and surrounding areas and produce nothing net positive.
There’s casinos in Kenner, Baldwin, Amelia, Harvey, Marksville, Baton Rouge, Leesville, etc……they all seem to be doing just fine.
This post was edited on 11/14/21 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 11/14/21 at 12:35 pm to SlowFlowPro
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It all feels the same if you're the one being squashed by it
How is a parish wide vote on something that isn't here yet squashing anything?
Posted on 11/14/21 at 12:40 pm to tgrbaitn08
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There’s casinos in Kenner, Baldwin, Amelia, Harvey, Marksville, Baton Rouge, Leesville, etc……they all seem to be doing just fine.
The casinos are making money (although not as much as if they were drawing gamblers from outside the area.). The point SFP was correctly making is they are a net drain on the local economy. The communities, as a whole, would be better off without them.
Posted on 11/14/21 at 12:43 pm to Peepdip
They do not want the trash and other problems some casinos bring to the area.
Some casinos want to be good neighbors.
Other casinos do not care.
In a few years the building abandon and it brings down property values in an area on the lake.
Voting against this solves the problem.
Some casinos want to be good neighbors.
Other casinos do not care.
In a few years the building abandon and it brings down property values in an area on the lake.
Voting against this solves the problem.
Posted on 11/14/21 at 12:52 pm to Peepdip
Casinos are trashy.
Posted on 11/14/21 at 12:57 pm to Jim Rockford
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The communities, as a whole, would be better off without them.
The communities would be better without the tax revenue and jobs?
All the casinos I listed have restaurants and hotels.
Posted on 11/14/21 at 2:40 pm to Jim Rockford
Casinos make a lot of sense for shithole cities.
This post was edited on 11/14/21 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 11/14/21 at 3:46 pm to LSUfan4444
Voting No. Slidell will never be a destination. Won't grow the pie which will be needed for success. In 5 years if it is built it will be "Blues" until 6 pm and " riffraff" the rest of the day.
Posted on 11/14/21 at 3:50 pm to DVA Tailgater
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Probably the highest proportion of Baptists in South LA
And loudest. You wouldn’t know there was a single Catholic here.
Y’all are stupid…
The parish is overwhelmingly Catholic.
- 9.8% are Baptist
- 0.9% are Episcopalian
- 23.2% are Catholic
- 1.4% are Lutheran
- 6.4% are Methodist
- 3.5% are Pentecostal
- 0.4% are Presbyterian
- 0.7% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 4.8% are another Christian faith
- 0.1% are Judaism
- 0.0% are an eastern faith
- 0.1% affilitates with Islam
Compare that to EBR where the Baptist’s make up 20%.
This post was edited on 11/14/21 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 11/14/21 at 3:51 pm to tgrbaitn08
quote:yes
The communities would be better without the tax revenue and jobs?
Posted on 11/14/21 at 3:58 pm to Peepdip
Casinos bring crime, drugs , democrats, and gang activity to where they are located.
Posted on 11/14/21 at 4:41 pm to CFLSaint
quote:No, we don’t want trash that’s accompanied with casinos in the parish. This won’t be a destination resort for anyone other than NOLA EAST…
My bet is it's the old school Conservatives that are so against it. Even though they're surrounded by it and they'll get all the negatives without any of the positives.
Posted on 11/14/21 at 5:13 pm to Peepdip
Lafayette parish screwed up voting them down a long time ago, now there’s one just across the parish line on every highway. Lafayette parish residents are still gambling but with no revenue to the parish.
Also lost Evangeline downs because of it.
Also lost Evangeline downs because of it.
Posted on 11/14/21 at 5:38 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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The communities would be better without the tax revenue and jobs?
yes
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GreatLakesTiger24
You’re an idiot.
Posted on 11/14/21 at 5:42 pm to Peepdip
Just look at Shreveport after casinos came in. Higher crime and city hasnt benefitted much.
Posted on 11/14/21 at 5:43 pm to lsut2005
quote:You suck at taking a joke...
Y’all are stupid…
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