(Casino Gambling) Isn't in the local news.


Every year a bill which the local gambling lobby supports goes fwd
in the legislature. They hire some previous legislator or
administration official to lobby. But looks like this year, the
bill may not have been entered or it never left the committee.

It might have been because Las Vegas is doing very badly lately
because of our poor economy. Was in the Star Bulletin yesterday
that there have been hundreds of layoffs in that industry lately in
Las Vegas. How much worse would it be in Hawaii if our economy is
based on casinos? It's a falacy that casino gambling is always good
for our economy-- not to mention it does great harm to our society
by luring compulsive gamblers into bankruptcy and crime to cover
their losses.

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