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Interesting to look back and see who thought what 2 years ago and then read the new outlook in todays News Trihune.
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As a member of the Illinois Licensed Beverage Association, we tried very hard to make the mayors of Peru and surrounding towns understand that the video gambling act was essentially put in place to try to replace some revenue lost from the Illinois Smoking Ban for local hospitality venues. It appeared that the local mayors and council people simply had dollar signs in their eyes and our pleas fell on mostly deaf ears. The local hospitality venues paid taxes, hired people, paid wages, and "put more into the pot" because of that. The small gambling places were owned by mostly out of town folks and that any $$$$ past the 5% would leave town. The local venues kept their $$$$ in town and their employees spent their earned $$$ in town. None of this seemed to matter. Now we are inundated with gambling parlors that do little other than pay very minimal rent for their small venues and hire VERY FEW local people. Raising the cost of liquor licensing (as has been discussed) does nothing more than punish the local hospitality venues further!! We (ILBA) tried................
Recall that Harl stated that gaming parlors would eliminate over time and that established liquor establishments had no worry as they would still be in business. Much later in time he attempted to advise the council to revisit this issue with no success. During this lapse the parlors became established, purchased more liquor licenses issued by the Peru Liquor Commissioner and have become legally impossible to eliminate. Video gaming has become a enemy of the bars because of the lack of knowledge of Illinois politicians and their greed for 5% and 25%. Previously bars were much better off conducting business with personnel who had a through knowledge of the gaming industry rather than inexperienced politicians and their bewildered appointees'.
The state officials realized that the projected number of machines to be licensed would saturate the market and leave nothing in profits for the bars but rather than reconsider they let Big $$$$'s rule. Besides the gaming parlors the state opened their greedy hands to the big box gas chains. State officials do you remember when you promised to only issue licenses to the bars? How often are the bars competition interviewed by the liquor commissioners? Ask beverage distributors how many cases they have sold to the parlors! Observe how many people drink after legal drinking hour ordinances at the chain gas stations when playing video gaming machines. Are out of state representatives still involved in this industry reselling licenses at vast profits? Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Xmas, gifts must be good for the last number of years!
Well said 1:57!!
Which form of gambling is most popular legal or illegal? Why would any business have the legal gaming machines with a state employee making checks on them when if he/she only have the illegal machines there is no state employee checking them and the illegal machines are where the money is. The Peru city officials know what business' have them but fail to enforce this law.
It is a known fact that a person was arrested for peddling illegal drugs in downtown Peru and within 30 minutes to 45 minutes after release he was back peddling in the same location. Claim is that much of the peddling is being done out of certain business buildings and downtown is loaded with drugs. Most claim that the C,PPD does not care to catch all but only wants the big dogs where the money is.
12:32AM
Peru city officials fail to enforce a lot of laws.
Gambling does not have to be looked from 2 years ago look at it from today as it is still here and accepted by all officials in charge. What is spent for gas by the local police driving back and forth past the gambling houses on six every day of the year?
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