"A recipe for disaster ...
Ingredients:
* 1,700 acres of Catskill real estate.
* 2,500 electronic slot machines.
* Potpourri of drifters, prostitutes, footpads, sharpers, criminals (small time),organized crime (big time).
* Donald Trump.
Stir, serve, hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
But wait, I can hear them saying, he didn't mention the 3,000 jobs. Ah, yes, the jobs. There are always those promised jobs dangled as bait to tempt the wary.
A renaissance for the long-suffering Catskills that have seen hard times since the decline of the summer resorts that began some 40 years ago. That's how this latest bid to bring a little bit of Atlantic City to Kiamesha Lake is being sold.
That's a good thing?"
Get the Story:
David Rossie: Catskills deserve better than exploitation
(The Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin 2/24)
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