The Out-of-Towner’s Grange Casino
Tom McCall expressed the
opinion that out-of-towners should come to Oregon, spend their money, and go
home. For the most part I share this opinion, especially when it comes to The
Grange.
This casino is the project of
some undesirables from Las Vegas. They are free to come here and spend all of
their money, but they should not be allowed to change our constitution so that
they can take up residence in a new type of Oregon casino.
There are the obvious reasons
for rejecting this new casino; it will attract criminals and promote substance
abuse, violence, and abuse. It will overload the infrastructure (streets,
hospitals, courts, and jails). Unfortunately, these deficits are only the least
of the problems these out-of-towners will cause.
The promoters of The Grange
(the real name and the real effects to be discovered later) claim this project
will create 2,000 jobs and contribute $100 million dollars a year to benefits
Oregon’s economy. This is pure deception!
If these claims about the
Grange are believed then it will provide nearly $200 million dollars per year
for Oregon. The cost of that “windfall” will be far greater. The Grange will
extract between 2 and 10 billion dollars from the Oregon economy each year. The
long-term net effect of The Grange is a drain on our weak and struggling
economy that will produce a continuing loss of jobs, a further weakening of our
economy, and a potentially disastrous economic collapse. Don’t allow the
out-of-towners the opportunity to destroy Oregon’s economy by sending billions
of dollars to Las Vegas every year.