David Relles: Pro-casino promoters are merely selling a pipe dream - 2004-01-28
I don't typically agree with basketball coach Bobby Knight, but he not long ago said something that is relevant to our current Dane County casino debate. Coach Knight pointed out that there are three ways to view life: "reality, dreams and pipe dreams." He went on to say that "sometimes your dreams come true, but your pipe dreams never do."

What's the difference between a dream and a pipe dream? A dream is grounded in reality and is achievable. A pipe dream, on the other hand, is wishful thinking, an entirely unrealistic fantasy.

Promoters of casino-style gambling for Dane County are selling a pipe dream, and Dane County voters need to understand that. Like carnival barkers they advertise over and over, "Come win a million dollars! The winners are here!"
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Editorial: Supervisors vs. casino - 2004-01-28
How seriously should Dane County voters take the news that the most of Dane County Board members
say they will vote "no" on the Feb. 17 casino gambling referendum? Quite seriously.

It should matter a great deal to Dane County voters
that their elected supervisors have overcome regional and ideological differences to say with unprecedented unity that the casino proposal is a bad idea. When conservative firebrand David Blaska can find common ground with an outspoken progressive like John Hendrick, when downtown advocate Scott McDonell can get together with rural representative Vern Wendt, when a veteran supervisor like Lyman Anderson can agree with campus activist Echnaton Vedder, something important is being said.
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