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Comments on: Still More on the Gettysburg Casino https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974 Bringing obscurity into focus Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.22 By: Tom Clemens https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974&cpage=1#comment-37698 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:04:38 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974#comment-37698 Thanks Eric for getting the truth out to those of us who care. Typical tactic, when you don’t have a defense, attack. Who do they think they are, Sheridan?

]]> By: Ed Fleming https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974&cpage=1#comment-37689 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:10:02 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974#comment-37689 The fore-mentioned casino needn’t be sited anywhere near sacred ground. Atlanta, maybe.

]]> By: Ed Fleming https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974&cpage=1#comment-37688 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:05:09 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974#comment-37688 That old saw about creating jobs is utter nonsense, and creates the illusion that preservation is somehow opposed to local interest. And what is meant by “greed”? Oh yes, the fatcat preservationists, the ones that play war profiteers at living history events. Actually, why not create a Civil War -era casino? Games might include Faro, and Chuck-a-luck; period drinks, such as Brandy Smashes would add a whole new dimension to living history. I don’t mean to make light of a truly depressing scene: I’ve thought about this for a long time. I think Judson Kilpatrick’s ghost might actually attend.

]]> By: Ed Fleming https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974&cpage=1#comment-37687 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:04:31 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974#comment-37687 That old saw about creating jobs is utter nonsense, and creates the illusion that preservation is somehow opposed to local interest. And what is meant by “greed”? Oh yes, the fatcat preservationists, the ones that play war profiteers at living history events. Actually, why not create a Civil War -era casino? Games might include Faro, and Chuck-a-luck; period drinks, such as Brandy Smashes would add a whole new dimension to living history. I don’t mean to make light of a truly depressing scene: I’ve thought about this for a long time. I think Juson Kilpatrick’s ghost might actually attend.

]]> By: Frances Hunter https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974&cpage=1#comment-37685 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:57:03 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974#comment-37685 The bottom line is wrecking something truly special in order to invite in a morally dubious, mob-controlled industry in exhange for minimum-wage jobs.

It was one thing in Deadwood, South Dakota, which was little more than a tourist trap to begin with. It’s another thing on sacred ground.

]]> By: Terry https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974&cpage=1#comment-37672 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:59:12 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974#comment-37672 Thank you, Eric, for gathering all these letters together in one spot for us.
For LeVan and his folks to accuse the preservation societies of greed is very peculiar indeed.
I agree with all of the anti-casino arguments here, and have also been quite worried about the aspect brought up in your last note, to wit, the Rt. 15 bottleneck problem.

That road is fairly slow in the tourist season, because visitors, quite naturally, want to drive more slowly to see the battlefield’s landscapes and monuments along the Emmitsburg Road/Pickett-Pettigrew Charge area. Right now this is not a problem because everyone, including locals, understands why most folks are visiting. If the casino gets approved, I’m afraid that we might end up with a number of road rage incidents involving some of the people who would be coming only for the gambling, when they discover that they can’t get to points north without following the battlefield/cemetery visitors up to town.
There seems to be no end of ways for bad feeling between the two sides to crop up.

]]> By: The General https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974&cpage=1#comment-37671 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:44:51 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974#comment-37671 There’s also the point that because of the construction of the Rt. 15 bypass, the old Emmitsburg Road is two lanes wide at the Eisenhower Lodge site, and would not be able to handle the massive influx of traffic that a casino would bring. The road would have to be widened, and there would be a massive bottleneck at the southern end of the battlefield, which is NOT needed.

Eric

]]> By: Robert https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974&cpage=1#comment-37670 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:22:01 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974#comment-37670 Great post Eric. It’s amazing what greed can lead to and these “people” are leading the way downward. I would expect more half truths and downright lies from them in the future. I understand trying to keep things civil but sometimes a liar needs to be called a liar and I think the various preservation groups have done a good job of this. A casino is certainly not the way to bring real jobs to this or any area. Any jobs created will be low paying dead end ones. Any of the higher paying positions will go to experienced casino workers who will be brought in from other places. The true costs of a casino will not be seen until it is too late. Increases in crime, needed infrastructure improvements, further legal proceedings when the owners try to expand their offerings, gambling addicitons, and more will tax those who live in the county (in more ways than one). Then there’s the issue of blight and the outright disrespect shown for the battlefield.

]]> By: Gettysburg casino supporters « Past in the Present https://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974&cpage=1#comment-37669 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:36:45 +0000 http://civilwarcavalry.com/?p=1974#comment-37669 […] everything against a wall and see what sticks” tactic.  Check out their latest salvo on Eric Wittenberg’s blog, along with a level-headed response from the preservationists as well as Eric’s own […]

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