Gettysburg Casino Developer Drops Proposal

[bankerpapaw]

Hooray!

Jim, I'll go you one better. Hip Hip Hooray!!!

 

[Erich~]

A very large thumbs up to this news !

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

Good riddance.

 

[MaryDee]

Thanks, Eric, for alerting us to this when it started. I hope that our efforts helped in some way to reach this conclusion!

 

[Kip124thNY]

Most excellent!

 

[RobertBruceFerguson]

Good, not a fan of casinos, my childhood/teenager home is now a casino parking lot.

 

[unicornforge]

Good, not a fan of casinos, my childhood/teenager home is now a casino parking lot.

I spent many summers in Atlantic City, once a kid friendly paradise... now a desert of empty lots, casinos, pawn shops and prostitutes.

 

[Crazy Delawares]

Abso-cotton-opickin'-lutely AWESOME!!!!!!

 

[Crazy Delawares]

I spent many summers in Atlantic City, once a kid friendly paradise... now a desert of empty lots, casinos, pawn shops and prostitutes.

Yeah, and every so often a dead prostitute. It certainly didn't do anything for the schools!

 

[W. Richardson]

A loud and long..................Rebellllllllllllllllllll Yelllllllllllllllllllllll.....................

Hopefully this will be the last we here of a casino in Gettysburg for many years.


Respectfully,
William

 

[DavidGroton]

Great news indeed.

 

[MaryDee]

More in an email from the "No Casino Gettysburg" petition site, just received this evening:

"June 14 was the last day for David LeVan to apply to the PA Horse Racing Commission, and that afternoon he announced:
"I've decided against submitting an application. Unfortunately, the uncertainty surrounding the gaming expansion legislation in Harrisburg makes it impossible for me to commit to this project at this time.
… But I remain hopeful for our county's future."


"The Gaming legislation he cites is HB 271, passed by the House and in committee in the PA Senate now. LeVan says he is withdrawing because that law may change the current racino license to a stand-alone casino. If another license becomes available it is likely LeVan will apply for it.


"We must remain vigilant!


"At the Freedom Township Supervisors meeting last night the Supervisors approved the Referendum, and that will be on the November 7 Ballot. The Freedom residents decided they want to go ahead to forever prevent a racino, and demonstrate how strongly they disagree with any casino.

"The Referendum is allowed by the 2nd Class Township Code. The citizens who wanted it had to meet 2 criteria and they met both. The township No Casino residents are represented by attorney Susan Smith. Her legal opinion of the referendum question is at https://www.nocasinogettysburg.org/assets/Opinion_Letter_Racetrack_final.pdf To meet the criteria for the referendum, the proposed racetrack needed to be within 50 AIR MILES of the center of Penn National Race Track in Grantville, PA. The surveyors found it is exactly 49.55 air miles! Here is the map done by surveyors. https://www.nocasinogettysburg.org/assets/Final_No_Casino_Gettysburg_Survey_Maps.pdf

"The referendum question requires a YES answer.
It asks, in complex language,
Shall horse races run by corporations be prohibited in Freedom Township? The answer we want is YES!
The vote is Tuesday Nov. 7, 2017.


"No Casino Gettysburg and the residents of Freedom Township are glad that Mr. LeVan has realized that he would have lost the upcoming referendum. If he believes he can apply for another casino license in Freedom Township or anywhere within 10 miles of the Gettysburg National Military Park, he underestimates the local, state and national opposition. Our online petition has reached 9,400 signatures, and will be used when or if LeVan submits another proposal.
He has never received a single vote from the Pa Gaming Control Board in 12 years of trying. Our hope is that he will give up completely on this bad idea.

"Thank you for fighting for Freedom Township and for supporting No Casino Gettysburg!"

More here: http://nocasinogettysburg.org Evidently the petition will remain active.

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[Warren]

It's not my intention to rain on the parade-just merely caution-but please do not be fooled into thinking that if a casino license becomes available that Mr. LeVan will not begin this process all over again.

 

[Aussie Billy Sherman]

 

[Aussie Billy Sherman]

It's such good news that I felt like adding another GIF to celebrate

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

Well, if he does come back we'll walk the guy up Steinwehr Ave- you know, where I'm convinced Lee's men left that sign in the middle of a sidewalk? To bean Yankees? Not that I have personal experience. Just something you hear.

No casinos in this booby trapped town.

 

[MaryDee]

I think the letter from NoCasinoGettysburg that I quoted above makes it clear that this may not be the last attempt!

Just like the attempt to build a high-rise apartment complex directly behind my house! City Planning Commission and City Council voted overwhelmingly against, but I just got a notice that the developers are trying again, for basically the same format.

 

[civilken]

I thank God for the good people of Gettysburg who didn't allow themselves to be manipulated it is so easy when someone is offering money and jobs and believe me we could all use a little of that but they stood firm and The grounds of Gettysburg are still hollowed thank you.

 

[kevikens]

Tongue in cheek, but a gaming casino in Gettysburg makes a great deal of sense when one considers the greatest gamble in the Civil war was wagered and lost at that site.