As to the claim that the mega casino will “boost local businesses and community groups” – only gas stations will benefit from the all the extra traffic – visitors to the mega casino will stay in the casino. As to “community groups’, we don’t need any more visits from David Beckman or token contributions to try to buy us off – Long Island residents will never be bought off by Las Vegas Sands.
]]>Are there plans, for example, to build new state-of-the-art public schools with the proceeds? The answer is, based on the history of casinos, “no”. That is not the plan for this hotel/casino project. The proceeds will end up in the hands of the worst people. The founder and longtime CEO of Las Vegas Sands is Donald Trump’s largest donor Sheldon Adelson. The man who made it a life goal to fight against medical marajuana, with billions of dollars. Their company has no affiliation with doing public good. The company does have a fleet of 8 massive airplanes “which handles the personal affairs of the Adelson family.” They do have a running list of Anti-bribery violations with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and similar charges with members of congress.
There isn’t a feel-good counter argument for why this casino should be built. Casinos degrade neighborhoods for ten miles around. Say no to a casino.
]]>