Casino Siting Commission Has Made A Decision

They've decided to meet again on December 17th.

The Ithaca Journal reports:

ALBANY – The state Gaming Commission indicated Monday that its siting board for casinos in New York is expected to make its decisions public on Dec. 17.

The Gaming Facility Location Board met Friday, and said it would make its selections at its next meeting. So that meeting is tentatively set for Wednesday, Dec. 17, said Gaming Commission executive director Robert Williams at the commission's meeting Monday.

"The Gaming Facility Location Board has met on three occasions to discuss the financial and employment histories of those applicants responsive to the Request For Application to Develop and Operate a Gaming Facility in New York state," Williams said at the meeting, according to the commission.

"Their most recent meeting occurred this past Friday when they met at Hofstra University. While information relative to the board's review and deliberation has been scarce, I understand that they have tentatively scheduled Dec. 17 in Albany for their final meeting."

There are 16 proposals vying for up to four licenses in three regions of the state.

Three proposals are competing for a casino license in the Southern Tier/Finger Lakes. Four casino bidders are seeking a license in the Albany area, while nine developers have put proposals in for the Catskills/Orange County region.

Six of the nine proposals are in Orange County – the closest to New York City – and includes the $1.5 billion mega-casino by Genting, the Malaysian-based gambling giant, in Tuxedo, just 41 miles from Manhattan.

Three of the proposals are for Sullivan and Ulster counties in the Catskills, the once-thriving resort region that has struggled.

The general belief is that the Orange County/Catskills would end up with two licenses, but the state could also issue just three – one for each area of the state.

After the board makes its picks, the full Gaming Commission would conduct its own review and grant the licenses.

Bend It Like Beckham

If you don't know what this is about, don't worry about it.

If you do know what this is about: HOLY CRAP!

The Uncle Reminds You

The list of what is possible is far longer than we can imagine.

Fortune changes in the blink of an eye.

Never fold when you can check.

Bet On The Meaning Of "Next"

In a letter dated November 18, Kevin S. Law, Chair of the New York Gaming Facility Location Board, writes: 

"We are scheduled to meet again this upcoming Friday, November 21. We expect to be able to make a decision at our next meeting."

Oh, so their next meeting is tomorrow when they will decide where they believe the casinos should go.

Yes?

Well, no.  Apparently by "next" they mean "next after the next."

Which leads the Uncle to have slight concerns about their grasp of  English and logic. 

Which wouldn't really matter, except these are the folks who will recommend where the damned casinos will go.

The Uncle is in a pissy mood today.

Just Asking

If a tree falls on a mime in the forest, does he make a sound?

Breaking News or Another Red Herring

 

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News 12 (your best information source after Newses 1 through 11)
reports:

Kiryas Joel proposes creating new village

KIRYAS JOEL - Lawmakers in the Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel are now proposing to create a new village, tripling its current size.

Kiryas Joel Village Trustee Jacob Freund says the new plan would create the new village of Glilos Kiryas Joel and develop 1,140 acres surrounding Kiryas Joel. Freund says they will not need local or state approval to start their own village.

"We don't want to take over," says Freund. "We are here to be in peace with our neighbors." Freund says the law states a community with 500 people is allowed to create 

Emily Convers, who runs the anti-annexation group United Monroe, opposes the plan. Convers accuses the village of threatening its neighbors and vows to fight the new proposal.

Kiryas Joel released a statement urging homeowners to wait for the outcome of the state approval process.

Is the Uncle saying this isn't going to happen?  Not quite, but I would remind you that KJ has been making "New Village" noises for years now.

Back on July 11, 2004 KJ’s attorney Dennis Lynch announced that KJ was going to form a new village of their own in Woodbury, Monroe or Blooming Grove, and that it would be done in record time.

I'm not sure what record he was going for, but I doubt that he broke it.

The problem for KJ then, as now, is that the powers that be there are paranoid about creating a new power center that they don't directly control.  Maybe they've worked that out, but, as I say, we've heard this song before.

Keep tuned, same bat sh*t time, same bat sh*t station.

Betting on the Casino

Albany is due to announce where the four casinos will be built.

What's your guess?

Want one here?

Why?

Want it elsewhere?

Why?

Want them nowhere?

Why?