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The “Arcade Problem”

Posted on May 25, 2013 @ 9:03 am by David Esrati

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Recently, the taxpayers voted for a library levy that was large, needed and slightly opaque, in that it didn’t clearly define where and what all the money was going for. This opened up the discussion again about turning the Arcade into the Main Library downtown. Pushed hard by my friend J. Todd Anderson and the Read More

And a racetrack is not the answer.

Posted on February 14, 2011 @ 9:06 pm by David Esrati

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Everybody is so excited! The announcement by Penn National Gaming that- if the state allows video slot machines- and ignores the 50-mile limit on racetracks- that they will bring the ponies to the corner of Needmore and Webster is a major “economic development” coup. But it’s not. Jobs at racetracks and casinos aren’t the answer Read More