Seneca Needs Land for Slot Machines

The Seneca Gaming Corporation is buying two blocks of Fulton Street so that they can add a slot machine casino. The Buffalo Common Council is in support of the slot machine casino, in such that they limited an environmental study of the area to be impacted by the new slot machine casino to just two blocks. They were concerned that someone who did not want the slot machine casino to come in would be tempted to try and find a way around the Council’s sale of the property through the environmental report. This way the slot machine casino can proceed as planned.

The six members of the council that approved the slot machine casino outvoted the three that voted against it. The council ended up approving everything that the mayor and the gaming corporation wanted them to approve in reference to the slot machine casino. There was a meeting earlier in the week where residents tried to stop the slot machine casino from coming in; however, they chose not to listen to their pleas.

There were various economic reports as well that stated that the thousand slot machine casino jobs that have been promised will actually displace higher paying jobs elsewhere around the area of the slot machine casino. They even approved the sale of the land for one third of the price that it was worth according to a real estate assessor. The residents of the town are extremely upset by what they say is a blatant political move by the mayor and the governor to get the slot machines in town.
 

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