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Two Major Business Groups Back Seminole Gambling Compact
March 10, 2015
In a new television ad, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association — two of the Capitol’s most-influential business lobbies — are urging an extension of a state gambling agreement with the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
The ad comes as a key part of the agreement, allowing games such as blackjack at Seminole casinos, is scheduled to expire this summer. Under the existing agreement, known as a compact, the tribe agreed to pay the state a minimum of $1 billion over five years.
The Chamber of Commerce and the Restaurant and Lodging Association have fought gambling-expansion proposals, such as allowing resort casinos in South Florida. The television ad draws a line between extending the Seminole compact and allowing expanded gambling at other facilities
“The Seminole compact has been good for Florida and the economy, while controlling the expansion of gaming, and that’s good for everybody,” Mark Wilson, president and chief executive officer of the Chamber of Commerce, says in the ad.
House Majority Leader Dana Young, R-Tampa, released a plan last week that would allow two Las Vegas-style casinos in South Florida and also allow slot machines at two additional greyhound tracks.
The ads come at a time when the Poarch Creek Indians are also seeking talks with Gov. Rick Scott over gaming compact, centered around one acre of land on Nokomis Road in North Escambia. The Poarch Creeks own and operate the Wind Creek casinos in Atmore and the Montgomery area.
by The News Service of Florida and NorthEscambia.com
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3 Responses to “Two Major Business Groups Back Seminole Gambling Compact”
The seminoles have already opened the door and they have been enjoying the monopoly they have had on gaming in florida…mean while the governor of alabama and his lackeys continue to try and stifle prosperity and progress for the citizens of the state. Oh yea and get ready for the tax increases alabama.
….”that’s good for everybody,” Mark Wilson, president and chief executive officer of the Chamber of Commerce, says…
Yes, especially if you are a member of an Indian tribe or are connected enough to partner with them. When the Chamber of Commerce says “everybody,” they don’t really mean everybody.
When you want to start talking about equality, you have to remove artificial barriers and let everybody, not just special groups into the mix.
That one acre in Nokomis is about nothing more than getting a foot in the door.
But as the saying goes…..
Whats good for the goose is good for the gander.