What they're after ... hehe

The closer it gets and the more they sweat the more they stalk the more comes out.

Ya GOTTA love it.

Notice the SLY mention of the dogtracks and ponies?? LOL !!!!!!!
THis is my comment which, of course, WON't be published. Well, it MIGHT since I mentioned it here. Newspapers spend more time in my blog than they do writing their own shiznit these days. At least I'm INTERESTING.
My comment: Dogtracks will be BECOME CASINOS and I'll be RICH RICH RICH. It's very bad business to rely on gambling for state revenue and the first poster had it correct. But, nonetheless this is why they're trying SO HARD to force me from my property. And, I'll be RICH. How sad.
And this is why that lil boy runs between his firetruck and his personal vehicle to purposely ON VIDEOTAPE and CAMERA drive BOTH into the road in my driving path. (at that verrrrrreeeee moment) The criminal intent is QUITE clear when I circled back around and he had backed his personal vehicle back the FULL SPACE provided which keeps him out of the road. It's very intentional. Big money. And, it's MINE MINE MINE. Say goodbye to it, mourn it, rub it on yourselves, whatever it takes but slobber it goodbye, oh mean people who play like rotten playground bullies. Didn't HAVE to be this way, now did it....? nope. Cause I have ears.

And. I have told you and told you. No more threats. Well, threaten all you want but remember you waste your time. And, it's criminal. And, it's degrading for you. And your children. Whatever. I have ears. Fill them with offers. Real offers. Not ice cream cone prices. AND, darlin'. If NOT. There won't BE another time. I need to keep a home in Florida. LOL


Ya gotta love the shadow relationship between the Bushes and every cretin .... LOL



Politics
State's gaming deal a winner, experts say
The Seminole pact may deliver over time.
By STEVE HUETTEL, Times Staff Writer
Published November 16, 2007


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Gov. Charlie Crist, right, shakes hands with Mitchell Cypress, Chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, after signing the 25-year gaming compact. The state stands to make $1-billion over the first five years and as much as $500-million annually over the remainder of the compact which was signed Wednesday.
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Is the state's deal to expand gambling at casinos owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida a jackpot or bust for taxpayers?

The initial payoff looks like a pittance compared with revenues in big Indian gaming states like California and Connecticut. Florida parimutuels scoff that the $100-million minimum the first year won't even offset the state's tax losses as tribal casinos cut into their business.

But Indian gaming experts say that considering their weak bargaining position, state officials cut a fair deal this week that should pay off if the tribe aggressively expands its casinos to leverage new slot machines and card games like blackjack.

The 25-year deal puts Florida "in the same league as the biggest states," said Steven Light, co-founder of the Institute for the Study of Indian Gaming Law and Policy at the University of North Dakota. "You can't just look at the immediate future. It's a very lucrative deal for the state in the next few years."

Florida would get at least $100-million for the first year, half of which would come when the Interior Department approves the agreement, called a "compact." The state would receive minimum payments of $125-million in year two and $150-million the following year.

Last year, Connecticut received $430-million as its cut of $2.5-billion in revenue from the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos. Under a 1994 compact, they pay the state 25 percent of slot revenues for exclusive rights to run a full range of casino games.

With nearly 60 tribal casinos that collected $7.7-billion in revenue in 2006, California is far and away the largest Indian gaming state. With new compacts that require tribes to pay 10 percent to 25 percent of revenue, the state expects to collect more than $400-million next year.

Florida's compact has the same percentage range after the second year. The Seminoles would pay 10 percent of "net win" -- money wagered less payouts -- on the first $2-billion annually. Revenue above that would be taxed on a sliding scale that reaches 25 percent of revenue over $4.5-billion a year.

That could take a long time, even with the new slots and card games. The tribe now generates $1.2-billion a year at its seven casinos, including the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, mostly from bingo-based gambling machines.

Florida officials were negotiating from a weak position, said Indian gaming expert Alan Meister of Analysis Group, financial consultants in Los Angeles.

The Interior Department was threatening to unilaterally give the Seminoles Las Vegas-style slots -- and cut Florida out of any money -- if officials didn't sign a compact by Thursday. And the tribe had a thriving gambling business without Florida's help. "I don't think the state had a lot to work with," said Meister.

Still, the state stands to make $1-billion over the first five years and as much as $500-million annually over the remainder of the 25-year compact, said George LeMieux, chief of staff for Gov. Charlie Crist. "We got ourselves a very competitive deal," he said.

Steve Huettel can be reached at huettel@sptimes.com or (813) 226-3384.

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Comments on this article by David 11/16/07 09:42 AM
Surly I am not the only one concerned that more and more government is becoming dependant on gambling income and the people that control it. This could get as out of hand as the Insurance industry. At least keep all the ties public.
by JR 11/16/07 09:18 AM
Finally some sanity in all this...of course it's a good deal we were backed into a corner since JEB ignored the seminoles for 8 years. The only unhappy ones are the paramutuals and their hip pocket politicians. Been to a track lately? Ugly crowd..
by Reality 11/16/07 07:48 AM
It is a winner as long as you don't mind all of the pari-mutuels which have been paying taxes for years going out of business. Charlie once again you have dropped the ball. Property taxes, insurance and now gambling, I wish you would go away.
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