Oakland County doesn't want a casino. And I doubt there is much interest in Lansing to allow another casino to be built in Metro Detroit. Plus the existing casinos would furiously lobby against it.Wild idea...........
Okay, it appears that law on the books may affect Detroit so naturally the lawmakers are going to amend the law so that Detroit don't lose out.....but opportunity awaits. What if lawmakers from outside Detroit decides to protest amending the law? The goal of course is to get something out of it. Hackel is on record wanting a marina-casino in Macomb Co. What if the politicians in Oakland and Macomb and other locations suggest that instead of having cities having a population of 800,000 or more how about having counties with a population of let's say 700,000. This will open the door Brooks and Hackel pushing for casino licenses for their counties. Just a thought.
I don't doubt that but for years, Detroiters didn't want casinos either. Coleman Young tried three times to get casinos in Detroit and couldn't get it done yet when one casino opened in Windsor everything changed. That said, there is nothing to stop a representative from introducing new language to the bill to open up opportunities in the future.
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