| Will Slot Machines Help Bucks County | | | How do you think the recent slot machine rule will affect Bucks County? | | It will be a great benefit to us | | 0% | [ 0 ] | | It will be somewhat of a benefit | | 33% | [ 1 ] | | Not sure or I think it will make no difference | | 0% | [ 0 ] | | It will have a somewhat negative impact | | 33% | [ 1 ] | | It will be a disaster | | 33% | [ 1 ] | | | Total Votes : 3 | | | Author | Message | | chris Site AdminJoined: 19 Aug 2004Posts: 63 Location: Southampton, Pa | | Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:47 am Post subject: Will Slot Machines Help Bucks County |  | | | What is your opinion of the recent law regarding slot machines? Do you thing that it will help Bucks County? | | | | | | Bullseye Joined: 13 Oct 2004Posts: 5 | | Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 5:54 pm Post subject: Pennsylvania slots Has it started going downhill already?? | | | | Fast eddie’s appointments to the gaming position seem to have hit some snags.. From www.post-gazette.com/pg/04289/396175.stm “The statement released yesterday by Rendell failed to mention that Decker’s firm represents an Indian tribe, based in Oklahoma, that claims to have ancestral ties to land around Easton, Northampton County, where it wants to open a casino. ” Geez, it’s good to see that ed rendell’s appointments are absolutely free from any possibility of conflict of interest. ONe armed bandits anyone?? Chris | | | | | | levittownmike Joined: 26 Oct 2004Posts: 1 | | Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:31 pm Post subject: Casinos | | | | You have to be really careful with Indian casinos. There is a big potential with fraud. I’m from Levittown, but where I live now in California, there’s an initiative on the ballot to insure that the Indian casinos pay their fair share of income taxes. Currently, they are not required to pay ANY tax because Indian lands are tax-exempt. That’s where the fraud lies. Anyone can claim that they are part of a tribe, and that a particular plot of property is their tribal land. On the plus side, the casinos bring jobs to the community. | | | | | | | | You cannot post new topics in this forum
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How do you think the recent slot machine rule will affect Bucks County?
It will be a great benefit to us
0%
[ 0 ]
It will be somewhat of a benefit
33%
[ 1 ]
Not sure or I think it will make no difference
0%
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It will have a somewhat negative impact
33%
[ 1 ]
It will be a disaster
33%
[ 1 ]
Total Votes : 3
chris
Site AdminJoined: 19 Aug 2004Posts: 63
Location: Southampton, Pa
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:47 am Post subject: Will Slot Machines Help Bucks County
What is your opinion of the recent law regarding slot machines? Do you thing that it will help Bucks County?
Bullseye
Joined: 13 Oct 2004Posts: 5
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 5:54 pm Post subject: Pennsylvania slots Has it started going downhill already??
Fast eddie’s appointments to the gaming position seem to have hit some snags..
From www.post-gazette.com/pg/04289/396175.stm
“The statement released yesterday by Rendell failed to mention that Decker’s firm represents an Indian tribe, based in Oklahoma, that claims to have ancestral ties to land around Easton, Northampton County, where it wants to open a casino. ” Geez, it’s good to see that ed rendell’s appointments are absolutely free from any possibility of conflict of interest. ONe armed bandits anyone??
Chris
levittownmike
Joined: 26 Oct 2004Posts: 1
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:31 pm Post subject: Casinos
You have to be really careful with Indian casinos. There is a big potential with fraud. I’m from Levittown, but where I live now in California, there’s an initiative on the ballot to insure that the Indian casinos pay their fair share of income taxes. Currently, they are not required to pay ANY tax because Indian lands are tax-exempt. That’s where the fraud lies. Anyone can claim that they are part of a tribe, and that a particular plot of property is their tribal land.
On the plus side, the casinos bring jobs to the community.
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