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Casinos – Misery Centres of Ontario
March 21, 2013 · 0 Comments
Dear editor:
I read in our local newspapers that the deputy mayor, Rick Milne, is, again, pushing the idea of a casino in new Tecumseth.
We do not need or want a casino in our town! Casinos are magnets for organized crime, money-laundering and a multitude of illegal activities. Just check the record of the casinos across Canada.
Also, if you do disregard the above, casinos are the centres of misery for thousands of people who become addicted to all the games gathered under the bright lights of a casino. People lose their livelihoods, their possessions and their loved ones due to their gambling addiction.
Only fools go to casinos and fools and money are easily parted.
Do we, in New Tecumseth, want to be known as another misery centre of Simcoe County? Do we want to be known as a town that has lost all good common sense just to get a little revenue from a casino? Do we want to be associated with men and women who can operate a casino without ever considering the outcome of the misery they’ve created?
The subject of a casino has come up before and was dismissed. Our town should not be wasting administrative time and money on the subject of a casino. Just say ‘no’ to any idea of a casino!
Vaughan G. Harris,
Tottenham
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