Council Ignores Anti-Slot Machine Pleas

There was a meeting last Thursday night for the residents of the town to comment on the proposed sale of Fulton Street to the Seneca Gaming Corporation for their slot machine casino. The town for the most part is opposed to the slot machines and the sale, and many citizens spoke up at the meeting. The Council members themselves did not speak at the meeting, but it is widely held that they approve of the slot machine casino.

Roughly 55 residents spoke regarding the slot machine casino. All but five of those speakers were opposed to the slot machines. Many said that the new slot machine casino would ruin Buffalo as they know it. They said that the streets would be wider to make way for more traffic and that smaller businesses would fold. Each of those that spoke had excellent points to make, environmentally, economically, as well as socially, for each of these three areas would be impacted by the slot machine casino.

Only five speakers were in favor of the sale and the casino. Two of them were officials in the building trades unions, whose comments and thoughts went no further than the construction project. There were also slot machine casino advocates who were given extra time to talk up the slot machines, one of whom was an attorney for the city. When they spoke they addressed the room full of anti-slot machine residents by telling them that it was basically a done deal, and that they should get used to the fact that they are going to have a slot machine casino whether they like it or not.

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