"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: