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Originally Posted by marothisu
I'm not really bought into this notion about **violent**crime coming there because there will be some people with money now hanging out there. There are numerous restaurants, lounges , etc in town that attract money and its known. But does crime follow with it? Not really on a big basis. Also, everyone knows that casinos win out in the long run. At the end of the day, someone looking to rob someone coming out of a casino probably has a better chance of finding someone who just lost all their cash than a random person on the street in another part of town.
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Can't the casinos solve the robbery problem easily by giving people their winnings thru Venmo or Zelle? In 2022 there's no reason people should be walking away from a casino with $100s or $1000s in cash, unless they really really want to.
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Originally Posted by skysoar
I would think that the 78 would have the best chance of being chosen now. With the alderman Lopez who represents the 78 area now running for Mayoral office this next election, Mayor Lightfoot should have no fear of losing his ward, as he no doubt will win it anyway. It would be just like Lightfoot to make this type of move. Alderman Lopez has already said himself that the fix is in for the 78 casino proposal, i believe that it is the 78 casino proposals to lose.
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Ray Lopez is running for Mayor.
Byron Sigcho-Lopez is the alderman representing The 78. Byron didn't even use "Lopez" until he ran for alderman, he just went by Byron Sigcho. When he decided to run for alderman, he decided to hyphenate and take his mother's last name because it's more familiar to Mexicans (Sigcho is Peruvian).