Video gaming in Tazewell County
for non-Illinois residents:
According to a story in the Peoria Journal Star on 10/24/09, page A1, the Tazewell County Board is gong to consider the possibility of banning video gaming within the unincorporated areas of the county as allowed by the new State law that expanded video gaming. This is a positive step and, as I said in my video gaming posts, this addictive form of gambling should be banned throughout the State as permitted by law.
According to the article (page A12), three of Illinois'102 counties have already banned video gaming. The three are DuPage, Lake, and Cook counties. Cook is the largest county in Illinois according to population with Chicago located in the county. All three are located within the Chicago metropolitan area. If the Tazewell County Board is wise enough to ban video gaming, it would be the first downstate county to do so. Are the members of the county board willing to demonstrate the leadership necessary to ban video gaming?
The primary purpose of county government is to protect its citizens--sometimes from themselves. The State had previously determined that video gaming is detrimental and had prohibited the use of such machines for gambling purposes except in gambling casinos. Nothing that I have read or heard has offered any evidence that video gaming is now a positive. And yet the State legalized it anyway. Prayerfully, the Tazewell County Board will correctly and quickly ban video gaming within the unincorporated areas of the county.
I will continue to monitor the progress of this proposal and post updates as appropriate. County board members should be held accountable for whether or not they vote to ban video gaming and by their actual vote, if a vote is taken. It is past time for voters at all levels of government to hold elected officials accountable for their votes or lack thereof. Governments' responsibility is to govern for all of the people--not selected, privileged groups and businesses.
for non-Illinois residents:
According to a story in the Peoria Journal Star on 10/24/09, page A1, the Tazewell County Board is gong to consider the possibility of banning video gaming within the unincorporated areas of the county as allowed by the new State law that expanded video gaming. This is a positive step and, as I said in my video gaming posts, this addictive form of gambling should be banned throughout the State as permitted by law.
According to the article (page A12), three of Illinois'102 counties have already banned video gaming. The three are DuPage, Lake, and Cook counties. Cook is the largest county in Illinois according to population with Chicago located in the county. All three are located within the Chicago metropolitan area. If the Tazewell County Board is wise enough to ban video gaming, it would be the first downstate county to do so. Are the members of the county board willing to demonstrate the leadership necessary to ban video gaming?
The primary purpose of county government is to protect its citizens--sometimes from themselves. The State had previously determined that video gaming is detrimental and had prohibited the use of such machines for gambling purposes except in gambling casinos. Nothing that I have read or heard has offered any evidence that video gaming is now a positive. And yet the State legalized it anyway. Prayerfully, the Tazewell County Board will correctly and quickly ban video gaming within the unincorporated areas of the county.
I will continue to monitor the progress of this proposal and post updates as appropriate. County board members should be held accountable for whether or not they vote to ban video gaming and by their actual vote, if a vote is taken. It is past time for voters at all levels of government to hold elected officials accountable for their votes or lack thereof. Governments' responsibility is to govern for all of the people--not selected, privileged groups and businesses.
posted by Christian Gunslinger at 4:22 AM
1 Comments:
"The primary purpose of county government is to protect its citizens--sometimes from themselves. The State had previously determined that video gaming is detrimental and had prohibited the use of such machines for gambling purposes except in gambling casinos. Nothing that I have read or heard has offered any evidence that video gaming is now a positive. And yet the State legalized it anyway. Prayerfully, the Tazewell County Board will correctly and quickly ban video gaming within the unincorporated areas of the county."
Where do we draw the line on government banning things to protect the public from themselves? If the county government determines that trans fat are major threat to the public, is it ok for them to ban it? how if there determine firearms are threat to the public and the public needs to be protect from themselves on this issues. Or for that matter what if a liberal dominate, county, state or federal government, decided that religion was detrimental to the public good. Would be ok from to ban it?
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