The sun is circling the wagons to protect Cordish. The article you cite Jay was more like a press release than journalism. When someone manages people, a casino, or a ship they are responcible for performance. If the casino is failing then management is responcible, period. The buck must stop somewhere.

I'm looking forward to visiting the casino at Arundel Mills once QA is passed in November. From what I've seen, Cordish is the one acting honorably during this campaign and has managed to bring in really big names (Bobby Flay) as well. I'm confused as to why, in this economy, the No Slots group seems so set on crushing a potentially vibrant and sustainable source of tax revenue.

I'm glad I don't buy the Sun newspaper anymore. I wish they would blatantly state that they support Cordish and are essentially and advertisment for Cordish without deceiving the public of being unbiased. Where did professional journalism go? Mr. Hancock should be embarrassed for writing such trash. I guess this is what happens when you have little respect for yourself. Hopefully, fewer people will buy the Sun and it will go out of business. At least Jay Hancock will have a job at Cordish's casino's.

And Maybe you can have a job there, too, if you lose your job after you vote FOR Question A.

Hey pat it's a blog its a person statement
Just fyi if there is no slots arundel mills then the only place will be Hollywood. BECAUSE they own a part of the track so they can't open. Any slots there unless they change the law which wont happen I'm sorry you bought your house next to the mall. And don't want slots but if I buy house near BWI does that mean I can make them stop the planes

Everyone has an opinion on this matter I'm sure. So here is mine, the original bill for slots said a venue within 2 miles of rte. 295 with no clue about Arundel Mills.
The politicians and developers have been in and out of love more times than you can shake a stick at.
We, as residents of A.A. county are asked to believe the state will give over monies to education and public service.
There is no free speech or transparent truth to any of this proposed development and ppl. like Russ above, and others like him, must have a personal matter of gain in this venue ie: supervisor w/security or something like that since Mr. Diaz is a police w/the feds.
The residents of A.A. county will never see a dime towards education until Baltimore city and county get their cut first, and this money goes to the general fund first anyway. where will the money for widening roads etc. come from.Mr. Cordish' co. is supposed to put up 25 million per every 500 slots in construction costs, I have yet to see where it is stated that money is.

hey Robert would you pay to build a house before you knew it was your no he is a bis. man he is not stupid why would he put out money beside the millions he had to pay for the slot permits which laurel didn't pay BTW

I tend to agree that the money will never get to it's intended purposes. It's a shell game. They will allocate slots money to this or that, but will reduce (or never increase) the original funding. It's like taking a drink of water directly from the glass vs using a straw. It's still coming from the same glass. The funding for education or police will never be that much more than it currently is. Or it will be a temporary thing to give folks the warm fuzzies. Then it will be re-directed.

As for where? They have been portraying slots patrons like they are a bunch of gangland thugs. We don't need "their kind" at Arundel Mills Mall. Geez, whenever I go the slots, the crowds are mostly over 65 who come and go on a bus trip. Sure, there will be some riff-raff. But you'd have the same thing if they put in a Walmart. In fact, I bet a Walmart would result in MORE traffic as well.
Arundel Mills can certainly handle the volume.
But again, this is the wrong argument. The state will be the only real winners. They will take the money and add a few more government programs. And when slots don't bring in projected revenues, we'll be on the hook to cover the budget deficit.
So, Arundel Mills.... or the Racetrack... I don't care anymore. It's a scam either way. We'll be screwed either way.

Indiana is struggling to pay for the debt required to pay the $250 mm upfront license fee required by the state. It has nothing to do with whether it is a racetrack or not.