Casino foes vow to continue fight

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Casino Opponent wrote:

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No, thanks. I believe I'll stick around along with all of the other property owners, and fight this casino measure.
And you can EAT ME if that doesn't suit your f***ing ****.

fight and lose. Its people like you who belive in a democracy only as long as it goes your way. The people of the state of Ohio have spoken.

The Unit

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You know what will happen? All of the "Thugs" and "Bangers" will start hanging out at the casino, then there will be a shooting, and then no one will go-accept the gang bangers, lol. i can't wait to see this implode.

Gambling a Lie

Piscataway, NJ

The Unit wrote:

You know what will happen? All of the "Thugs" and "Bangers" will start hanging out at the casino, then there will be a shooting, and then no one will go-accept the gang bangers, lol. i can't wait to see this implode.

don't laugh..it actually happened at the taj in AC....very real

Jonathan S

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Gambling a Lie wrote:

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don't laugh..it actually happened at the taj in AC....very real

Yep, comparing Ohio to New Jersey. That makes sense.

kookie bird

Piscataway, NJ

Jonathan S wrote:

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Yep, comparing Ohio to New Jersey. That makes sense.

Not sure if your response means state size? or population? or longitude or latitude?, but crime from gambling can come from anywhere at anytime...unless of course you mean Ohioans especially those from Columbus have more self control and common sense then all of NJ then it makes no sense to compare the two.
but i don't know anything anyway... do you..really?.

Too Bad

Galloway, OH

Casino Opponent wrote:

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No, thanks. I believe I'll stick around along with all of the other property owners, and fight this casino measure.
And you can EAT ME if that doesn't suit your f***ing ****.

Good luck, just waisting your time. Learn to live with it or move to Michigan. Oh wait there are casinos there too. Looks like you are s*** out of luck

GOOD FORTUNE

East Orange, NJ

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Good luck, just waisting your time. Learn to live with it or move to Michigan. Oh wait there are casinos there too. Looks like you are s*** out of luck

Happy Ohio, playgrounds for adults, wish you all you guys & gals luck in your casino expansion!

Casinos -Gamble on Fools

I look forward to the day to cast my vote (again) against the casino. They'll bring nothing but their pain and misery to everyone near them. My only hope is that if the owner's and their patrons succeed in placing their rat hole anywhere, it's at least away from decent people who just want to keep a beautiful city moving in the direction of arts, science, culture, and family oriented events. It's utterly laughable those who are trying to compare this situation to the smoking ban. Let's face it, no one cares if you want to pollute yourself with lung cancer or throw away your paycheck on gambling. Problem is, you'll just end up needing the support of those who opposed you when your luck runs out and you end up broke or needing health care and you don't have the foresight or funds to deal with it.

Jonathan S

Casinos -Gamble on Fools wrote:

I look forward to the day to cast my vote (again) against the casino. They'll bring nothing but their pain and misery to everyone near them. My only hope is that if the owner's and their patrons succeed in placing their rat hole anywhere, it's at least away from decent people who just want to keep a beautiful city moving in the direction of arts, science, culture, and family oriented events. It's utterly laughable those who are trying to compare this situation to the smoking ban. Let's face it, no one cares if you want to pollute yourself with lung cancer or throw away your paycheck on gambling. Problem is, you'll just end up needing the support of those who opposed you when your luck runs out and you end up broke or needing health care and you don't have the foresight or funds to deal with it.

Ahhhhhh!!!! THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING!!!! Go back into your hole. Just hide inside your house and everything will be okay. That evil casino and the even more evil people that go there won't be able to get you!!

You sound awefully convinced that nothing but hardship is coming for anyone that dares set foot into a casino. Prove your point with some evidence why don't you? Oh, that's right, you can't. You're only spewing lies and hype!!!

Excited

Casinos -Gamble on Fools wrote:

I look forward to the day to cast my vote (again) against the casino. They'll bring nothing but their pain and misery to everyone near them. My only hope is that if the owner's and their patrons succeed in placing their rat hole anywhere, it's at least away from decent people who just want to keep a beautiful city moving in the direction of arts, science, culture, and family oriented events. It's utterly laughable those who are trying to compare this situation to the smoking ban. Let's face it, no one cares if you want to pollute yourself with lung cancer or throw away your paycheck on gambling. Problem is, you'll just end up needing the support of those who opposed you when your luck runs out and you end up broke or needing health care and you don't have the foresight or funds to deal with it.

You have obviously listened to much to The Dispatch or maybe your local pastor at church (who doesn't want casino's to come because then his precious bingo night money might be taxed). What is utterly laughable is that you think anyone who goes to a casino is going to end up on welfare. I might go and take $100 for a fun night out and a possibility of winning more money, I would easilly spend more than that anywhere else in the arena district. I would be more worried about people spending all their money at all the liquor stores around you. Those are the people who have a high possibility of ending up on the streets, not someone who enjoys a trip to a casino.

Casinos -Gamble on Fools

I was hoping for a response from a more educated source than "Jonathan S" or "Excited". Both assume WAY too much about me - and incorrectly I might add. All either of you has to do is some research on how casinos drain a city of resources (if you don't know what that is, you can Google it to find out), only to provide menial jobs in return and take hard earned cash (assuming you work) from fools like you. Again, no one cares what you choose to do with your time and cash. We just want you to do it someplace else where we don't have to be bothered by your inadequacies while we are giving our families and children quality time. No one cares about you.

Excited

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I was hoping for a response from a more educated source than "Jonathan S" or "Excited". Both assume WAY too much about me - and incorrectly I might add. All either of you has to do is some research on how casinos drain a city of resources (if you don't know what that is, you can Google it to find out), only to provide menial jobs in return and take hard earned cash (assuming you work) from fools like you. Again, no one cares what you choose to do with your time and cash. We just want you to do it someplace else where we don't have to be bothered by your inadequacies while we are giving our families and children quality time. No one cares about you.

You look to be the one assuming. Not everyone is old and has a wife and kids. Obviously if I did I wouldn't be going to the casino as much, but I sure wouldn't try to ruin everyone elses fun. What I do have is a good job, friends, and some time on my hands to have some fun. I don't know why people like you are so worried about what other people do, you obviously don't go down to the arena district anyway. The people who are gambling away their grocery money are already doing that in neighboring states, why not keep their money here in Ohio? The casino would do nothing but provide more businesss to arena district other than drunk college students. If you are a fun hater that's fine, just don't go. You would even notice it's there.

Abner

Circleville, OH

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Yep. And how would you feel if they said, ok well, since you won't vote for it, how about we ask Cleveland if they'll vote for it and force you to into the levy? At least the levy passing this time was approved by majority of the community it affects. The majority vote for a Columbus casino DID NOT come from Columbus voters.
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Are you insinuating that Penn National and Dan Gilbert were a whole lot smarter than our legislators?

Casinos -Gamble on Fools

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Well, "Excited", you just explained a lot. You would have to be a naive kid to think that casino "fun" is going to be good for our city. But then, you are thinking short term and only of yourself. When you grow up, you might get lucky and get a real clue of what "fun" really is. For now, you will have to settle for wasting your time and money and killing your brain cells on booze and hoping to get laid by someone as clueless as you. It's people like you that end up being a general drain on society. At least the casino owners will appreciate you and all the other suckers they lure in.

Excited

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Casinos -Gamble on Fools wrote:

Well, "Excited", you just explained a lot. You would have to be a naive kid to think that casino "fun" is going to be good for our city. But then, you are thinking short term and only of yourself. When you grow up, you might get lucky and get a real clue of what "fun" really is. For now, you will have to settle for wasting your time and money and killing your brain cells on booze and hoping to get laid by someone as clueless as you. It's people like you that end up being a general drain on society. At least the casino owners will appreciate you and all the other suckers they lure in.

I do love booze and chasing girls, can't argue that. But if people like me are going to be a drain on society then you might as well move to Canada now, because I don't know a single person my age (26) who doesn't like to do those things. I live by the buffalo herd theory. A herd is only as strong as the weakest buffalo, so the weaker ones need to be killed off for the strongest to survive. The brain is the same way. You have to kill off some of the weaker brain cells so you can reproduce stronger ones, which in turn makes you smarter. Ahh the things you learn in college.

Casinos -Gamble on Fools

You don't know anyone who doesn't do those things because that's who you hang out with. Look, I actually got a chuckle out of your post, but leave the "big" decisions to those that are more responsible. Like I said a while back, no one cares what you do. It's your life, live it as you choose. There is a much bigger picture here though. A fair compromise is to re-locate the rat hole, err, uh, casino away from an area that has invested quite a bit on a more solid future for the city and its residents.

Excited

Casinos -Gamble on Fools wrote:

You don't know anyone who doesn't do those things because that's who you hang out with. Look, I actually got a chuckle out of your post, but leave the "big" decisions to those that are more responsible. Like I said a while back, no one cares what you do. It's your life, live it as you choose. There is a much bigger picture here though. A fair compromise is to re-locate the rat hole, err, uh, casino away from an area that has invested quite a bit on a more solid future for the city and its residents.

I just think the arena district is the perfect place for it. I probably go down to the arena for a night out about once a month. From my experiences, I'd say the average age group down there is between 21-25. Everyone is drunk out of their minds and out until 3am yelling trying to find a cab or a hot gyro. The only way the casino would turn into a "rat hole" is if it was put into a run down area like westland. I don't know, to each it's own. I can understand not wanting to gamble, just think people should have the choice. But if it is built somewhere else I won't really care as long as it's still in Columbus. Just think if they want a "classy" development it needs to be put in a nice area and have regulations and dress codes (no do rags, pants sagging to the knees, etc)

Casinos -Gamble on Fools

Excited wrote:

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I just think the arena district is the perfect place for it. I probably go down to the arena for a night out about once a month. From my experiences, I'd say the average age group down there is between 21-25. Everyone is drunk out of their minds and out until 3am yelling trying to find a cab or a hot gyro. The only way the casino would turn into a "rat hole" is if it was put into a run down area like westland. I don't know, to each it's own. I can understand not wanting to gamble, just think people should have the choice. But if it is built somewhere else I won't really care as long as it's still in Columbus. Just think if they want a "classy" development it needs to be put in a nice area and have regulations and dress codes (no do rags, pants sagging to the knees, etc)

Casino and "classy"? Lipstick on a pig. We've gone to several different venues in the Arena District and none had anything to do with bars and/or drunken losers. Ever hear of a ball game or hockey? How about Cirque du Soleil? You really should get out in the world more as well. I missed my college graduation because I travelled to Europe with a friend. Took a train from Bahn, Germany to Paris. The addicts and losers of the world like places like Vegas and think that they've seen the world when they go there. They live in a little glass bubble and don't even know it. I couldn't care less what people do or do to each other as long as they're not hurting kids or doing something that's not consentual. They just need to do it somewhere where productive people can live a decent life and not have to be bothered with their crap 24/7 (which is how long casinos are open) and their drunk drivers and congestion on highways, crime and misc other BS when all people want to do is something like take their kid to a ball game. Casinos belong somewhere away from the mainstream. Not in the backyards of newly built condos, parks, etc... Time will tell, but I see a new day coming for this area and it doesn't include a glorified rat hole.

Jonathan S

Casinos -Gamble on Fools wrote:

Like I said a while back, no one cares what you do. It's your life, live it as you choose.

I can't, I have people like you telling me how to spend my disposable income. I could care less if Columbus builds a casino. Gambling is already leagal to me. I bet on football and play poker whenever I want from the comfort of my own home. I've been doing it for nearly 10 years now. And I still haven't missed a mortgage payment. For someone that doesn't care what I do, you seem to be spending alot of time here. How lovely it is that when you're challanged to prove the claims that you're making you say to google it. Guess that proves that you can't prove anything.

Worthington Old Timer