Why not? That was argument for legalizing gambling in NJ -- Hfbyrd 12/13/2018 10:17AM
Hmmm, Chicago due to liberal mis-management of the pension plans -- Charleston Cav 12/13/2018 07:27AM
LOL- as someone who has logged time -- Capital City Hoo 12/13/2018 09:08AM
I can't actually believe that there are people on this board arguing about -- Seattle .Hoo 12/13/2018 09:00AM
Freedom is good -- Beerman 12/13/2018 08:53AM
Yes that's we need more government financial mismanagement ** -- HokieDan95 12/13/2018 09:51AM
I'm willing to bet... -- Beerman 12/13/2018 10:00AM
Of course ** -- HokieDan95 12/13/2018 11:03AM
Mostly just Neanderthals and people who figured everything out -- wahoo138 12/13/2018 09:11AM
Exactly...look what legal gambling did for Atlantic City ** -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2018 08:54AM
Or Biloxi -- wahoo138 12/13/2018 09:00AM
The narrative was that gambling would pull AC out of the sewer...however, -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2018 09:19AM
Hence why they were so desperate for sports betting -- wahoo138 12/13/2018 09:24AM
It enjoyed a relatively brief period of being the only east coast -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2018 09:30AM
And some developers went into AC, over built, over extended themselves, and -- 111Balz 12/13/2018 10:15AM
If AC gambling was a good concept with the potential for a long run it -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2018 10:25AM
Uh, maybe you should look into what happened in AC ** -- 111Balz 12/13/2018 10:26AM
I know what happened...other better and nicer options opened up and any -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2018 10:29AM
Which is why VA should’ve legalized pot years ago. Everyday we wait we lose -- Hoakie82 12/13/2018 09:52AM
Honestly at this point, legal or not -- wahoo138 12/13/2018 10:35AM
I’ve always been for legalization of all drugs. The only thing that is a -- Hoakie82 12/13/2018 10:52AM
I can't get there on highly addictive drugs -- wahoo138 12/13/2018 11:10AM
I agree but there is the matter of driving impaired that worries me. I do -- Hoakie82 12/13/2018 11:20AM
Yeah that's always seemed like a tough one to me -- wahoo138 12/13/2018 11:28AM
I am not so sure the benefits will outweigh the costs...but this subject -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2018 09:57AM
Considering it’s already happening & would be privately funded I only see -- Hoakie82 12/13/2018 10:15AM
Who wants to smash this one? It’s pretty high on the tee. ** -- hooshouse 12/13/2018 08:57AM
Not falling for it -- wahoo138 12/13/2018 09:02AM
Care to look into the conservative mis-management of pension plans in red -- THECZAR 12/13/2018 08:50AM
That would destroy his whole argument. ** -- HowieT3 12/13/2018 09:22AM
City run Alcohol Beverage Control stores? Lottery? Espresso Bars? OTB? ** -- ConnHoo 12/13/2018 08:42AM
A pack of Marlboros averages $12.00...they probably taxed smokes at about -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2018 08:46AM
....and b-t-w...Chicago also has the nation's highest liquor taxes of any -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2018 08:49AM
Funny how it works the last thing anyone seems -- Capital City Hoo 12/13/2018 10:00AM
And its still cheaper than what we pay at the Virginia ABC. Lol. ** -- THECZAR 12/13/2018 09:08AM
Couldn't believe how cheap liquor is in Florida -- wahoo138 12/13/2018 09:13AM
Yep. Regularly go to Chicago. Always pickup liquor. A -- THECZAR 12/13/2018 09:18AM
Might as well open some whore houses too. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 12/13/2018 08:35AM
They should’ve never been made illegal. We’d all be better off & that -- Hoakie82 12/13/2018 10:04AM
LOL ** -- Capital City Hoo 12/13/2018 09:05AM
Oh so now prostitution, gambling and marijuana legalization are all the -- Seattle .Hoo 12/13/2018 09:03AM
All should be legal and taxed no diff than any other good/service ** -- CharlestonSC 12/13/2018 10:36AM
Not sure if you are being facetious or not, but I agree -- HoosWillWin 12/13/2018 12:47PM
100% serious ** -- CharlestonSC 12/13/2018 1:16PM
The pros and cons of making any of those legal are quite different. I think -- Seattle .Hoo 12/13/2018 10:41AM
I think the pro is the same ... there is no compelling public interest so -- CharlestonSC 12/13/2018 10:56AM
I have bigger problems with gambling, too, honestly. I really don't enjoy -- Seattle .Hoo 12/13/2018 11:50AM
Strange? Those are the holy trinity of vice. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 12/13/2018 10:20AM
Ummmm....yeah. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 12/13/2018 10:36AM
The modern 'libertarian' mind is indeed an incredible thing to behold. ** -- southdenverhoo 12/13/2018 09:48AM
GOP actually had a pimp get elected in Nevada ** -- hooshouse 12/13/2018 08:45AM
And in the white house ** -- 81_Hokie 12/13/2018 09:13AM
And he was dead!! ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 12/13/2018 08:48AM
Still better than a Dimocrat ** -- wahoo138 12/13/2018 08:51AM
As long as anyone who gambles becomes permanently ineligible -- TpkeHoo 12/13/2018 08:29AM
A lot is a "gamble" ... most entrepreneurs are only a few bad months away -- CharlestonSC 12/13/2018 10:40AM
Cool, so your next trip to AC should cost you your Medicare then. Brilliant -- WahooRQ 12/13/2018 08:53AM
You piss your money away. Fuck off -- TpkeHoo 12/13/2018 08:55AM
Better not enter into any NCAAT pools this year. -- WahooRQ 12/13/2018 09:08AM
Nah some genius on this board informedme the program cant recover ** -- TpkeHoo 12/13/2018 09:15AM
Weak sauce as usual. At least you’ve got enough sense to abandon your -- WahooRQ 12/13/2018 09:23AM
In all seriousness -- wahoo138 12/13/2018 09:19AM
Until we prove otherwise, most consider us the equivalent of Martyball. -- WahooRQ 12/13/2018 09:29AM
I love Virginia basketball, but if we're being honest with ourselves, it -- Seattle .Hoo 12/13/2018 09:29AM
Sure you will, I will be very shocked if UVA never makes a Final 4 with TB ** -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2018 10:15AM
I don't know if we will ever again be the odds-in favorite to win it all. -- WahooRQ 12/13/2018 11:57AM
How about winning it all? Right now I'm from Missouri. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 12/13/2018 10:48AM
City needs revenue, why not? Solving a problem is the goal, regardless -- 111Balz 12/13/2018 08:19AM
They're called vices, sugar coat it all you want, but this will be on the -- Charleston Cav 12/13/2018 08:23AM
There are lots of vices that are legal. There is no evidence at all -- 111Balz 12/13/2018 09:51AM
"Weed? Weed is from the EARTH, man. God put this here, for you and me. -- southdenverhoo 12/13/2018 09:42AM
Worm gonna end up fuckin' you up. ** -- SchmHoo 12/13/2018 11:02AM
There's pricipalities in this! ** -- WahooRQ 12/13/2018 12:14PM
Sounds like you've got it all figured out. ** -- Hooddihsm 12/13/2018 08:31AM
Because that's what happening in states where weed has been legalized -- wahoo138 12/13/2018 08:26AM
But the reefer madness!! ** -- Hooddihsm 12/13/2018 08:32AM
And? ** -- Hooddihsm 12/13/2018 07:45AM
... and we hate Chicago, since Obama is from there. ** -- HoosWillWin 12/13/2018 08:16AM
Chicago = black people on welfare = Obama to this lot of rubes. ** -- WahooRQ 12/13/2018 08:51AM
Yes. ** -- FfxStationHokie 12/13/2018 08:19AM
Cant wait to see what "Brilliant" idea they come up with next!** -- Charleston Cav 12/13/2018 07:46AM
Nope...increase taxes on rich individuals and corporations above a certain -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2018 08:40AM
Not that I'm defending Chicago politics, but how would you address -- Hooddihsm 12/13/2018 07:48AM
Cut spending. Eventually you’ll run out of ways to raise revenue. ** -- Cold Hoober Hoo 12/13/2018 08:32AM
Never let the pension debt grow this large ** -- Lupos 12/13/2018 07:53AM
LOL...it's Chicago, land of a big GOVCO and Unions love affair. Inevitable. ** -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2018 07:56AM
So we're just going to circumvent this exercise? Charleton Cav didn't have -- Hooddihsm 12/13/2018 08:09AM
The issue with legalizing weed is that Chicago will need to keep the -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2018 08:15AM
I tend to agree with you on the gambling, I purposely did not mention -- Hooddihsm 12/13/2018 08:17AM
Dude- the answer is Bankruptcy just like Detroit. It works ** -- Charleston Cav 12/13/2018 08:12AM
For who? ** -- 111Balz 12/13/2018 08:13AM
The city cant pay what it owes ** -- Charleston Cav 12/13/2018 08:21AM
Bankruptcy won't change that. It only will mean some creditors will -- 111Balz 12/13/2018 09:53AM
Best to just throw out meaningless buzz words ** -- 111Balz 12/13/2018 08:11AM
Public shaming of the personnel who brought this mess upon the people is -- Charleston Cav 12/13/2018 07:53AM
Legal weed might cut down on the shootings...stoned folks will be a) more -- Tuckahokie 12/13/2018 07:45AM