General Assembly Shenanigans—giveth with one hand, taketh away with the other
My post last night—“$250 BRIBE”—was originally written to be posted on October 16th. I, however, could not paste it on the appropriate page. It seems that problem has now been fixed. I received a comment concerning my “Video gaming in Tazewell County” post. I plan to respond but not immediately. I’ve fallen behind with my agenda.
That said, I’m posting tonight about a short article published in the Peoria Journal Star on October 30th, page B3. You may have noticed that I posted twice on the 30th—my planned post of “$250 BRIBE” and a second post later that morning directing anyone interested to the website of the “new, improved” version of the nationalized healthcare bill (now labeled H.R. 3962) as envisioned by the House Democrats. The House is to begin discussion on the new bill next week—Monday—and may well vote on it next week. From what I’ve heard watching C-SPAN Thursday night, it is even worse than the original H.R. 3200 and it is definitely longer—1990 pages.
I don’t plan on reading the whole thing. Do you think any Congressman who votes in favor of it will?
As I’ve written, earlier this year during three days during the regular session, the General Assembly passed a video gaming law to allow video gaming throughout the State. Realizing the negative aspects of the bill and/or trying to fake concern, the Legislature allowed communities and the counties—unincorporated areas only—to ban video gaming within their respective jurisdictions. Furthermore, voters in a community could petition for a referendum to ban video gaming. Of course, the vote on the referendum would occur during an election day vote. Almost immediately, some communities banned video gaming along with three counties including the largest in population.
It seems that the General Assembly did NOT expect that reaction to the law. It seems the General Assembly expected the communities and counties to just shrug their collective shoulders and allow video gaming to be established in their communities. After all, didn’t the General Assembly bribe the communities and counties to accept video gaming, even if somewhat reluctantly, by providing to the communities and counties 16⅔ percent of the tax collected?
Thus, the natural response of the General Assembly to this unexpected reaction by the communities and the counties is to correct this misjudgment. The General Assembly is trying to change the rules of the game that were just established earlier in the year. Consequently, according to the Journal Star, the Senate voted to allow any establishment, who receives a gaming license before a ban, to continue their video gaming. Thus, it is quite possible that every establishment, who is legally permitted to have video gaming, could have a license before any referendum could possibly be passed.
So much for allowing citizen input! So much for equal protection of the law! It seems the fear of losing this lusted after revenue is again clouding the collective judgment of the General Assembly. “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” I Timothy 6: 16a (NIV)
My post last night—“$250 BRIBE”—was originally written to be posted on October 16th. I, however, could not paste it on the appropriate page. It seems that problem has now been fixed. I received a comment concerning my “Video gaming in Tazewell County” post. I plan to respond but not immediately. I’ve fallen behind with my agenda.
That said, I’m posting tonight about a short article published in the Peoria Journal Star on October 30th, page B3. You may have noticed that I posted twice on the 30th—my planned post of “$250 BRIBE” and a second post later that morning directing anyone interested to the website of the “new, improved” version of the nationalized healthcare bill (now labeled H.R. 3962) as envisioned by the House Democrats. The House is to begin discussion on the new bill next week—Monday—and may well vote on it next week. From what I’ve heard watching C-SPAN Thursday night, it is even worse than the original H.R. 3200 and it is definitely longer—1990 pages.
I don’t plan on reading the whole thing. Do you think any Congressman who votes in favor of it will?
As I’ve written, earlier this year during three days during the regular session, the General Assembly passed a video gaming law to allow video gaming throughout the State. Realizing the negative aspects of the bill and/or trying to fake concern, the Legislature allowed communities and the counties—unincorporated areas only—to ban video gaming within their respective jurisdictions. Furthermore, voters in a community could petition for a referendum to ban video gaming. Of course, the vote on the referendum would occur during an election day vote. Almost immediately, some communities banned video gaming along with three counties including the largest in population.
It seems that the General Assembly did NOT expect that reaction to the law. It seems the General Assembly expected the communities and counties to just shrug their collective shoulders and allow video gaming to be established in their communities. After all, didn’t the General Assembly bribe the communities and counties to accept video gaming, even if somewhat reluctantly, by providing to the communities and counties 16⅔ percent of the tax collected?
Thus, the natural response of the General Assembly to this unexpected reaction by the communities and the counties is to correct this misjudgment. The General Assembly is trying to change the rules of the game that were just established earlier in the year. Consequently, according to the Journal Star, the Senate voted to allow any establishment, who receives a gaming license before a ban, to continue their video gaming. Thus, it is quite possible that every establishment, who is legally permitted to have video gaming, could have a license before any referendum could possibly be passed.
So much for allowing citizen input! So much for equal protection of the law! It seems the fear of losing this lusted after revenue is again clouding the collective judgment of the General Assembly. “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.” I Timothy 6: 16a (NIV)
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