Now that table games are legal, there’s a strategy to make the Convention Center profitable. All we have to do is turn it into a casino.
Of course, in order to compete with Las Vegas, we will need to have high-class whores. Not legalized prostitution, of course; we need to have the laws in place so the cops can clear out the low-class riff-raff.
Our current streetwalkers, for instance, won’t cut the mustard – but I’m sure we’ll have no trouble importing enough housewives and college girls from Willow Street, Leola, Millersville and Ephrata if the girls from F&M aren’t adequate.
Why do I get the feeling that this was the plan from the beginning?
Editor’s note: To some, the above may appear in questionable taste. But it describes what happens in conjunction with full service casinos. Nor is it discouraged by the operators or the authorities because it is good for business.
Questionable taste or not, this is the truth. The last survey I am aware of indicated that Lancaster had a “C” as a place for a convention center to possibly survive. A “C”??? That is NOT acceptable! I know first hand of two major antique show promoters who nixed Lancaster after seeing the facility and how inadequate it was for load in and load out .
Atlantic City has become a slum. Crime is constant. Why should we expect any better.
The streetcars are next to be shoved down our throats and I will not go quietly into the night behind this one! When I told my 87 yr. old neighbor of the plan to bring back streetcars, she at first thought I was joking, then she laughed heartily! Why streetcars? What is wrong with the bus, we just built a new bus area… when the streetcars were on the streets, and there were very few cars, it was OK. As the number of cars on the streets of Lancaster grew, there was no room to get around the streetcars. In winter, she continued, it was a terrible mess downtown. Finally, the city realized there was not room for both streetcars and cars, and tore up the tracks. So, are we assuming there are or will be less cars downtown in the future? And at what point does THAT financial burden fall on the taxpayers. I must ask those in charge… what are YOU smoking???
We, as taxpayers, need to demand to vote on these important issues impacting our quality of life and our pocketbooks.