Several times I have contacted the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board asking when they would post the transcripts of the recent casino hearings. After having testified in Gettysburg on Wednesday, April 5 2006, I had hoped that the public would have access to the transcripts, especially given the overwhelming opposition stated.
After several months, I received their response. The PGCB said, and I quote the e-mail in its entirety:
"The transcripts of the public input hearings will not be posted on the
PGCB website. You are able to view these transcripts in the PGCB's
Harrisburg office. Please call to schedule an appointment.
PA Gaming Control Board
P.O. Box 69060
Harrisburg, PA 17106
717-346-8300"
As they clearly state, in order to obtain a transcript from these public hearings, the PGCB requires an appointment. Concerned citizens from both Pennsylvania and around the country who prove unable to travel to Harrisburg have no opportunity to read for themselves the testimony given during the proceedings. Since the PGCB regularly posts on-line the last few years of meeting transcripts, one can only assume that the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board made their decision in order to keep opposing testimony out of the public eye. This becomes then another in the growing collection of very sad days for Pennsylvania politics.
For other articles concerning the proposed casino near the Gettysburg Battlefield, please see:
More Opposition to the Proposed Gettysburg Casino
The Gettysburg Casino Hearings
Last Chance to Testify Against Gettysburg Casino
A Casino in Gettysburg: The Danger, The Truth
The Smothering Mantle of Irrelevancy
Respectfully,
Randy
Please visit my primary site at www.brotherswar.com
All original material Copyright © 2006. All Rights Reserved
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They are not in business to provide negative commentary from the public, to the public that was made in public.
They are in business to put the best spin they can on gambling in Pennsylvania...because Fast Eddie wants it.
Welcome to 1984.
Soooeeeeyyy!
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