http://www.saynotocasinos.com Protect the Commonwealth Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:32:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Say No to Casinos, the educational campaign devoted to distributing results of scholarly research on the issue of casino gambling in Kentucky, today calls on Governor Steve Beshear and House Speaker Jody Richards to drop their ill-fated proposal to allow casinos in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The campaign issues its ... http://www.saynotocasinos.com/forget-the-final-push-work-for-the-commonwealth-not-casino-wealth/ Say No to Casinos, the educational campaign devoted to providing scholarly research on the costs of casino gambling in Kentucky, called on Gov. Steve Beshear to open the door to the public on his dealings with the slot machine industry. The campaign issued the call in the wake of Rep. ... http://www.saynotocasinos.com/closed-door-%e2%80%9cwheeling-and-dealing%e2%80%9d-keeps-public-in-the-dark-on-slot-machines-and-casinos/ Dear Governor Beshear: Congratulations on your recent election as our state’s Chief Executive. I hope you have enjoyed the recent holiday season and wish you a prosperous and productive New Year. The upcoming legislative session will certainly present numerous difficult challenges, and I wish you the very best as you confront ... http://www.saynotocasinos.com/an-open-letter-to-casinocrat-governor-steve-beshear-dont-hide-the-costs-governor/             Say No to Casinos, the educational campaign devoted to providing scholarly research on the costs of casino gambling in Kentucky, is alive and well. The campaign plans numerous events in Frankfort and across the state during the legislative session that are designed to increase access to the objective academic ... http://www.saynotocasinos.com/opposition-is-alive-and-well/ Dr.Natasha D. Schull, an Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Program in Science, Technology and Society, has performed extensive research on gambling machines and their dramatic rise to becoming the primary revenue source for casinos. Princeton University Press is publishing her work on gambling machines in a book due out in ... http://www.saynotocasinos.com/mit-professor-documents-insidious-nature-of-slots/ In 2004, Warren Buffett drew a line in the sand. Facing a ballot referendum on whether to allow establishment of casinos in his home state Nebraska, the highly regarded business leader publicly spoke out against casinos and helped to handily defeat the casino initiative. Mr. Buffett sat down with Tom ... http://www.saynotocasinos.com/warren-buffett-casinos-are-the-wrong-way-for-government-to-go/ Supporters of the Democratic gubernatorial nominee are calling his Tuesday victory a "mandate," and the candidate himself is suggesting his victory indicates a groundswell of support for his Casinocrat agenda of getting casino gambling in Kentucky. Let's be sure folks are being accurate in their use of the term. There are approximately 1,596,000 voters ... http://www.saynotocasinos.com/context-lets-be-honest/ There are only a few days left until the two major political parties determine their gubernatorial candidates. Speaking as a Democrat, there is a disturbing degree of shamlessness among some of the campaigns when it comes to their claims regarding expanded gambling in Kentucky. One campaign for instance is claiming that we need casinos ... http://www.saynotocasinos.com/shameless/  http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/31777.html  On April 1, the Lexington Herald-Leader posted the official positions of the various candidates for Governor on the issue of expanded gambling. For most of them, it's "gaming," kind of like Monopoly, or Risk, or Sorry. For the tens of thousands of Kentuckians who will lose millions so that a ... http://www.saynotocasinos.com/just-in-case-you-didnt-know/            State Economic Development Secretary Gene Strong’s recent retirement has many of us pondering Kentucky’s future business environment. During Strong’s tenure, Kentucky developed a promising manufacturing sector, a growing service sector, and a fledgling knowledge sector, all of which employ hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians. Many of these businesses strengthen ... http://www.saynotocasinos.com/democrats-republicans-and-casinocrats-who-will-lead-kentucky/