Looking for someone who would not mince words, I decided to check in with my good friend, Former City of Miami Commissioner Nancy Liebman, to get her view of the Mega-Casino Steve Wynn envisions for Miami Beach...yeah his plan was in the Miami Herald yesterday: I sincerely doubt any educated resident would support the notion of a casino in Miami Beach AND THIS MUST BECOME A REFERENDUM. Miami Beach is already a destination as a beautiful and unique city based on years of energy in restoring its architectural heritage, creating outstanding venues for the cultural arts and rebuilding it's status as a tourist destination. We do not need gambling to save us or reinvent our imagine. Those who are promoting gambling are doing so for their own self-serving interests.
The city, however, must protect itself IF the legislature SUCCUMBS to the gallant efforts being made by the casino lobby.
If casinos are let loose to trample the South Florida landscape, Miami Beach must have a plan to protect it's convention center. I do not advocate for casinos anywhere on the Beach or in the City of Miami. It would be a pathetic decision to allow a casino on the site of the convention center! If the legislature allows casinos, a casino at the foot of the Venetian Causeway is no better or worse than the Miami Beach Convention Center.
So instead of Miami Beach becoming the back door of the casino rampage while downtown Miami gets smothered in casino resorts, the city must establish its own plan to deal with this firestorm. Hopefully the Legislators will get it and prevent this catastrophe! Miami is not broken and gambling surely cannot fix it!
- Nancy Liebman
P.S. I am incensed by this whole gambling mood. They are taking advantage of the economic crisis to further this bad idea.
8 comments:
My question is where is the local organized opposition to the gambling monster? How does one join the fight against this?
Miami Beach residents will not approve gambling.
Miami Beach has too many absentee owners who don't vote.
I could probably convince the local bar and restaurant workers that live on tips to vote for this.
I could convince the property tax strapped owners that their local MB taxes will go down dramatically.
I'm an educated resident, ...so are many of my friends - and we support casinos, so I guess your educated guess was wrong.
Don't care about gambling but don't delude yourself in thinking this will bring Miami a lot of money.
I am also educated and I have been to Las Vegas. I managed to not gamble away every cent I have, just like thousands of others that were there. I went to a couple of shows and ate some amazing food. I also took the drive over to the Grand Canyon. If you do not like casinos, stay very, very far away. More advice, don't concern yourself with what other people do, worry more about yourself.
I have spent more money on trips to Disney World than I have on Vegas trips. I think Disney is one of the most evil places on earth and there should be more protesting about Disney than casinos.
Genting and it's PR machine are out buying opinions and they are writing on blogs. See comments above.
Gambling is evil. Genting and Sands and Wynn don't give a crap about Miami. They just want customers so they can take the rent and food money from those customers.
Genting buys support from the whores like Neisan Kasden, Tad Swartz, Vicky Garcia-Toledo. The whores sell their souls for a few shekels.
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