Here's Betting on Plan B
The future of the Pittsburgh Penguins is getting murkier.
The team is hoping that the seven-member, Pennsylvnia Gaming Control board selects the Isle of Capri (Hill District) plan on December 20, and grant them Pittsburgh's sole stand-alone slots parlor license over Harrah's (Forest City, Station Square) and PITG Gaming LLC (Majestic Star, North Side).
Isle of Capri has promised to build a $290 million multi-purpose building that the Penguins can call home if IOC wins the license.
Five of the seven members must agree on the plan, and that's a problem in a three way race:
Four members are solid backers of the Harrah's plan. Two are behind the IOC plan and one is a die-hard supporter of Majestic Star.
The numbers are there for Harrah's if they convince one member's defection from IOC, or cut a deal by trading a vote on the Philadelphia parlor with the Majestic Star voter.
Here's the early poll on the seven members:
Tad Decker (Chairman) - Appointed by Gov. Ed Rendell
Sanford Rivers - Appointed by Gov. Ed Rendell
Mary DiGiacomo Colins - Appointed by Gov. Ed Rendell
Jeffrey W. Coy - Appointed by Rep. H. William DeWeese, the House Democratic Leader
Kenneth T.McCabe - Appointed by Senate President Pro Tempore Robert C. Jubelirer
Joseph W. Marshall III - Appointed by Speaker of the House John Perzel
Ray Angeli - Appointed by Sen. Robert Mellow, the Senate Democratic Leader
Think the fix isn't in? Here's two recent things to remember.
Rendell's 2005 Transportation Funding and Reform Commission waited less than one week after Rendell beat Lynn Swann to announce it's recommendation to increase gas taxes by nearly 12 cents a gallon. Think the announcement's timing is suspect?
How about the "sudden" announcement that State Supreme Court Sandra Shultz Newman will leave her post at the end of the year? Shultz Newman survived a retention vote in last month's election and now her departure will allow Rendell to appoint her replacement. She didn't make her decision before the retention vote? Come on, now.
By the way, Newman is the mother of Jonathan Newman, chairman of the state Liquor Control Board.
Any guess what person appointed him to the post?
The team is hoping that the seven-member, Pennsylvnia Gaming Control board selects the Isle of Capri (Hill District) plan on December 20, and grant them Pittsburgh's sole stand-alone slots parlor license over Harrah's (Forest City, Station Square) and PITG Gaming LLC (Majestic Star, North Side).
Isle of Capri has promised to build a $290 million multi-purpose building that the Penguins can call home if IOC wins the license.
Five of the seven members must agree on the plan, and that's a problem in a three way race:
Four members are solid backers of the Harrah's plan. Two are behind the IOC plan and one is a die-hard supporter of Majestic Star.
The numbers are there for Harrah's if they convince one member's defection from IOC, or cut a deal by trading a vote on the Philadelphia parlor with the Majestic Star voter.
Here's the early poll on the seven members:
Tad Decker (Chairman) - Appointed by Gov. Ed Rendell
Sanford Rivers - Appointed by Gov. Ed Rendell
Mary DiGiacomo Colins - Appointed by Gov. Ed Rendell
Jeffrey W. Coy - Appointed by Rep. H. William DeWeese, the House Democratic Leader
Kenneth T.McCabe - Appointed by Senate President Pro Tempore Robert C. Jubelirer
Joseph W. Marshall III - Appointed by Speaker of the House John Perzel
Ray Angeli - Appointed by Sen. Robert Mellow, the Senate Democratic Leader
Think the fix isn't in? Here's two recent things to remember.
Rendell's 2005 Transportation Funding and Reform Commission waited less than one week after Rendell beat Lynn Swann to announce it's recommendation to increase gas taxes by nearly 12 cents a gallon. Think the announcement's timing is suspect?
How about the "sudden" announcement that State Supreme Court Sandra Shultz Newman will leave her post at the end of the year? Shultz Newman survived a retention vote in last month's election and now her departure will allow Rendell to appoint her replacement. She didn't make her decision before the retention vote? Come on, now.
By the way, Newman is the mother of Jonathan Newman, chairman of the state Liquor Control Board.
Any guess what person appointed him to the post?
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