West Warwick Casino: Good Idea or Bad?

[stormfish]

I wouldn't say the jobs are low paying... 20 dollars an hour for casino dealers isn't bad at all. Lowering cost of living isn't necessarily a good idea. I'm all for if you wanna be part of the state then you have to work for it. Rhode Island is the worsed governed state in the U.S. and the tax rate is pretty high for what it has to offer. It can't get any worse right?

[Clammer]

I believe / many property values will continue to drop / & also many of the workers are transient [sp] like circus workers /// many more renters than home owners ///

personally I think in the long run /the ripple effect will out weight the positive ;;;


taxes ---lets see==================== many years ago we got the lottery -under the pretense of less, lower , or doing away with some taxes ----------the lottery system has grown ten-fold --------D/S has gone down ...

IMO it will be a mistake /if we get it

[stormfish]

Hmmm... Well you're from Warwick so you probably wouldn't want the traffic around your home. Well the lottery didn't do any justice on taxes so you do have a point. The state invested in a building we call the Convention Center which probably has some affect on the tax rate as it fails to produce expected revenue.

So how are the taxes in Warwick? Are you getting back what you paid for in Taxes? For example, efficiency of the Fire Dept. and police Department.