Thursday, June 01, 2006

Slots task force won't endorse

Slots task force won't endorse - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review The Pittsburgh Gaming Task Force is expected to release its recommendations for a casino in the city without endorsing any of the three applicants, but pointing out pros and cons of each proposal.
Weenie's hardly ever endorse or take a stand. Non-democratic people can't vote either. It takes a backbone to vote and hold elections. Then things get "harry" -- as life should be. You can't control once you have real democratic discussions and freedoms to call for votes. So, you take the easy way and don't vote.

Furthermore, this group is "self appointed" by the old guard -- and they are marginal at best. They have no charter. They have no open meetings, minutes, published agendas, and formality that would hold up should there be a vote. The spit they swap as weenies is the only thing that binds them.

If everyone has an opinion -- then this body is nothing.

When you vote -- you don't need to 'agree.' I agree that Bob O'Connor is my mayor. But, I didn't vote for him. I accept the facts -- I move on. Life goes on.

The slots discussion has become 'politicized' -- duhh. Politics is a part of life. Get over it. Or, put your weenie buns in some other neighborhood.

Then you want to call a press event and still not have the final report. Talking out of both sides of your mouth can then happen easier. Another classic weenie move.

For help with its analysis, the task force turned to former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill, who lives in Pittsburgh. He attended the group's closed-door meeting last week with the backers of the Harrah's casino.

My quote: "Paul O'Neill is an extremely good thinker in the weenie world."

I would NEVER go into a closed door session with those weenies. I'd be glad to help them with their public problem -- in public -- in the open.

Courage crumbles, again. Weenies wiggle, as expected.

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By Andrew Conte
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, June 1, 2006

The Pittsburgh Gaming Task Force is expected to release its recommendations for a casino in the city without endorsing any of the three applicants, but pointing out pros and cons of each proposal.

The group's 28 members could not agree on backing one applicant, said Herman Jones, who chaired its community outreach committee.

"Everybody has an opinion, and everybody is coming from a different place," Jones said, adding that the slots discussion has become "politicized."

The task force plans to release its findings at a Friday news conference, said co-chair Anne Swager, who added the group had not yet finished its report.


It also is sending the recommendations to the state Gaming Control Board, which is expected to award the license for a Pittsburgh casino by mid-December.

The public has until Friday to submit written comments on slots applicants to the control board. It has posted information about the process on its Web site: www.pgcb.state.pa.us.

The city task force, appointed in April 2005 by then-Mayor Tom Murphy, is expected to say it did not find any of the casino applications adequate.

It also is expected to ask for more specific commitments from each bidder about its proposed community givebacks. The task force is not likely to say the casino operator must pay for an arena.

Traffic access to each of the sites is to be addressed by the task force. Its unpaid consultant raised questions about congestion around the proposed Harrah's Station Square Casino.

For help with its analysis, the task force turned to former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill, who lives in Pittsburgh. He attended the group's closed-door meeting last week with the backers of the Harrah's casino.

"Paul O'Neill is one of those people who is an extremely good thinker," Swager said.

The three groups seeking the slots license for Pittsburgh are as follows:

= Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises, which would own the Harrah's casino;

= Majestic Star Casino, based in Detroit, which would put a slots parlor on the North Shore, west of the Carnegie Science Center; and

= Isle of Capri Casinos, based in Biloxi, Miss., which would place a casino in the Lower Hill District. It has agreed to pay $290 million for an arena if it wins the slots license.

Andrew Conte can be reached at aconte@tribweb.com or (412) 765-2312.