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Author:  mtwosix [ Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:45 pm ]
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Seems as if tomorrow night at the City Council meeting the mayor ( what a joke!) will be making some sort of announcement about a Casino Boat coming to town! Oh Yeah? Stuff like this is usually published in the paper. I thought the city had to bid on a license? What about the area it will be located in? What the heck! Don't we as tax-payers have any say about anything in this city? I'm sure if it comes, she has all the jobs filled with her backer's and family, then what ever is left, she will post for the rest of us! :roll:

She thinks this is her ticket back to her 'throne'.........................don't let it be! We have enough problems in Calumet City. Let's clean it up before inviting people to come play in our backyard! I know I wouldn't bring my money to this place. How many people have been shot during the last month? :shock:

What the heck is she thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Author:  oldtimer [ Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:16 pm ]
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You got to be kidding......Richie got the last license tied up... just before Blago the clown goes to the federal rest camp
Author:  Artie60438 [ Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:54 pm ]
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I believe Country Club Hills has the best chance
Author:  mtwosix [ Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:53 pm ]
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Seems to be the 'rumor' here in town. We will just have to watch and see what transpires at the council meeting.....................the last thing she needs is a place to leech money from!
Author:  LoisLane [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:10 am ]
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I'm guessing it will be an Indian deal (ooops Native American) going in either at the Ashland Chemical site or Marble Street. Calumet City spent a lot of money for roads going to Marble St. based on speculation that business will locate there.

If it is an Indian deal, they can be land based and no state license. Remember when they wanted to locate in Lynwood?
Author:  Artie60438 [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:04 am ]
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LoisLane wrote:
I'm guessing it will be an Indian deal (ooops Native American) going in either at the Ashland Chemical site or Marble Street. Calumet City spent a lot of money for roads going to Marble St. based on speculation that business will locate there.

If it is an Indian deal, they can be land based and no state license. Remember when they wanted to locate in Lynwood?


No,they're going after the 10th Illinois license.....

Gaming on the table in Cal City

BY KIRSTEN SRINIVASAN
kirstens@nwitimes.com
219.933.4158 | Thursday, October 09, 2008
CALUMET CITY | City officials could vote on a proposed agreement for a local gaming and entertainment venue during a City Council meeting at 7:30 tonight at City Hall.

A cooperative partnership and agreement with 1893 Entertainment Group LLC to create a gaming and entertainment venue in Calumet City is on the agenda.

The agenda also includes a resolution establishing revenue sharing among south suburban cook County municipalities and an ordinance authorizing funding for the Illinois Gaming Board's statewide voluntary self-exclusion program to help problem gamblers.

The council also plans to vote on a resolution authorizing a property tax rebate program upon the issuance of a gaming license.

Calumet City officials have declined to provide any details about the proposal prior to the City Council meeting.

Lansing Village President Dan Podgorski said he hasn't heard any specifics about the gaming proposal from Calumet City, but if it involves a casino, Lansing won't offer support. When Lynwood was working with the Ho-Chunk Nation on a proposal to develop a casino, the Lansing Village Board made a statement that it would not offer support for a casino and it would require compensation if one located nearby negatively affected the village, Podgorski said. With gaming comes increased traffic, increased crime and the need for more police, he said.

"We heard from lots of different people and had lots of considerations on the issue and didn't feel that it was a plus from a social standpoint that it creates just as many or more problems than maybe it helps with," he said.

The Illinois Gaming Commission is accepting applications until Tuesday for the state's 10th gaming license.

Even if Calumet City approves a gaming and entertainment venue, it doesn't mean it could get that gaming license, Podgorski said. Many communities, such as Country Club Hills, are vying for the license, he said.

But Podgorski said the state is supposed to factor in economic conditions when awarding the license, which would make the south suburbs a logical choice. Calumet City could have an advantage with its close proximity to the state line, considering many Illinois residents go across the Indiana border to visit nearby casinos, he said.

The 10th gaming license must go to the south suburbs, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said in a statement.

"It's long overdue," he said. "As for where, I've consistently stated that I support whatever host community offers the most generous revenue sharing program for other southland municipalities and schools. That currently is Country Club Hills. I've not seen Cal City's plan, but I am open-minded and interested in learning more."
http://nwitimes.com/articles/2008/10/09 ... 8395dd.prt
Author:  Lucie [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:18 am ]
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They can put it on the Green Lake property, next to the water park. This way people can drop off the kids and gamble at the same time. IDIOTS!!!!
Author:  oldtimer [ Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:32 pm ]
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Anybody know who the 1893 Entertainment Group LLC is ????? Tried to Google it nothing comes up.....Sounds like another election ploy.......
Author:  LoisLane [ Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:07 am ]
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oldtimer wrote:
Anybody know who the 1893 Entertainment Group LLC is ????? Tried to Google it nothing comes up.....Sounds like another election ploy.......

Maybe it's the mayor and her Elvis impersonator buddy of hers.
Author:  oldtimer [ Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:13 pm ]
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LoisLane wrote:
oldtimer wrote:
Anybody know who the 1893 Entertainment Group LLC is ????? Tried to Google it nothing comes up.....Sounds like another election ploy.......

Maybe it's the mayor and her Elvis impersonator buddy of hers.



Yes I'm sure this guy has got 500 mil to bid on the license
Author:  mtwosix [ Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:20 pm ]
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Casino BOAT...........this is going to be a land locked 'ENTERTAINMENT CENTER'......FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!!! :wink: Too bad those Senior Citizens lives are going to be turned upside down to say the least. Imagine the quiet they have now, and DESERVE!!! Who, except for some money hungry monger, would put this in this locale? COME ON!!
Author:  LoisLane [ Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:23 am ]
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mtwosix wrote:
Casino BOAT...........this is going to be a land locked 'ENTERTAINMENT CENTER'......FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!!! :wink: Too bad those Senior Citizens lives are going to be turned upside down to say the least. Imagine the quiet they have now, and DESERVE!!! Who, except for some money hungry monger, would put this in this locale? COME ON!!

The Times wrote:
Calumet City's proposal: the Columbian Exposition Casino & Entertainment Complex
1893 Entertainment Group's proposal in Calumet City includes the Columbian Exposition Casino & Entertainment Complex next to Torrence Avenue and the Little Calumet River. The multi-use entertainment development would feature gaming, a hotel, restaurants, retail shops, and an indoor water park in a later phase. The plan calls for revenue sharing with about 27 other municipalities.
"This project will bring approximately 2,800 jobs to the southland in an area where they are needed the most," Calumet City Mayor Michelle Markiewicz Qualkinbush said.
Author:  mtwosix [ Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:49 am ]
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I thought she built that road to access Marble St. ( which cost us taxpayer's over $1,000,000 ) to build this god forsaken 'entertainment center' there..........................why disrupt the elderly? That area has always been the retirement housing area for this city, now, she is putting gambling in their backyard? HELL NO!! I hope another city gets the license! :twisted:

:smt006 Good Morning Lois!!!
Author:  LoisLane [ Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:57 am ]
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mtwosix wrote:
I thought she built that road to access Marble St. ( which cost us taxpayer's over $1,000,000 ) to build this god forsaken 'entertainment center' there..........................why disrupt the elderly? That area has always been the retirement housing area for this city, now, she is putting gambling in their backyard? HELL NO!! I hope another city gets the license! :twisted:

:smt006 Good Morning Lois!!!

Remember about two or three years ago, a black guy, representing his own company, wanted to convert the old Maxwell Sweeney's and the River Oaks Theaters, into a comic club and entertainment areas? He pleaded his case at the City Council meeting, and I never heard another word about it. I wonder if this is the same guy?
:smt006 Hey, back atcha.
Author:  oldtimer [ Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:50 pm ]
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Its just the Quacks damp dream.......CC hasn't a chance now that Ditka is going to sell pork chops at the stickney boat
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