Lets put one in every county and then every city so the private operator cannot make a profit! Then the government can take it over and create 1000's of jobs with pensions and benefits securing the politicians their votes. It could become similar to the Post Office!

Yeah this will work because the state has all ready used the income from the other slot parlors to improve education, just as they promised us when they told us slots were necessary. Lets put this casino right in Downtown Bel Air, in the booming bar district.

That would ruin the small town feel of Havre de Grace! I'm sure people will flock to it during winter or heavy rains when parts of the city flood!

Yeah, that's what i was just thinking about. Harford Co has overdeveloped themselves to the point where the infrastructure is gasping to keep up, and can't, as seen everyday at rush hour. The abingdon area is a complete clusterfock, and they are not finished yet. way to keep your priorities straight Harford Co.

As for a riverboat casino, obviously no one has done their homework on this one. It has already been proven riverboat casinos are a bust because people do not want to be trapped on this vessel after losing all their money, thus not as popular as ASSumed, OK for the first few months but the puplic's thrill wears off quickly. Steeeerike!

People in HdG have been critical of plans of everything from upscale hotels to townhomes being placed on the waterfront ruining their view of the water Do people suddenly think a casino riverboat is going to be LESS of an eyesore? Nevermind the idea of casino basically makes all the talk of preserving the character of the city BS- but I bet many people 50 and over are salivating at the thought of gambling in their own zip code.

To me, casinos are more of a curse than a blessing.

The more I learn about David Craig, the more it seems he is not about securing what's best for the people of Harford County. His image is becoming more and more shady. His decisions do not make sense for the good of Harford County residents. He seems to be trying to secure, for himself, high powered financial resources to propel him to the next level in politics. He seems extremely power and money hungry.

I want a county executive who works to renegotiate these underfunded pensions with the unions like Wisconsin did. You need to fix the ridiculous deficits that the Board of Education is suffering from and cut spending. If the private sector had a deficit, the pensions would be cut and phased out to save the business.

Xie Cai, Those are awfuly broad dispersions to throw out there. Do you have any examples or proof to what it is you are saying about David Craig? If you read David Craig's full position on the issue, you can see that he wants Harford voters to have the opportunity to decide on whether or not they want a casino. What's wrong with putting the issue to the people? I for one would rather see gaming in Harford County than have my taxes go up to pay for the teacher pensions that the state dumped on the county. How would you pay for it?

This Harford County casino issue is a farce. Its never going to happen as long as Cecil county has a cosino. If the county needs money to pay for teachers, firemen and police just raise taxes? This country needs to rid its fear of taxes.

It's amazing how we all can be diverted from the main issue, our buddy O'Malley dumping the funding of teacher pensions on the counties. I haven't heard anyone ask the state about how much money the state will save and where the money saved will be applied. It seems to me this is just ploy to raise taxes which every county will have probably have to do eventually as this is always the politicians first choice rather than cut services or spending!