This is going to be an open thread post as I'm going to be a little busy Friday. Will the IOC stay downtown, but north of River Drive? Heard about the carjacking yesterday on Locust? Can't wait for the cigarette tax to be a done deal? Worried about Anna Nicole Smith?
A carjacking involving ballbats was in the news yesterday, if you didn't hear about it you can go
to the story. These punks should get the maximum sentence allowed, but I'm not holding my breath on that.
It appears the IOC will have some answers by mid-March. There will probably be a story soon in QC Times. It might even be tomorrow. It looks encouraging for the Downtown folks as the IOC is rumored to be looking at sites north of River Drive, but still in the Downtown area. It seems to be a shoo-in if the land based casino bill passes. Could this be the reason they backed out of giving the Blackhawk Hotel back to the city?
The cigarette tax mess, will have many of us spending our money in other states is due to be decided by next week. I see a string of new Convience Stores cropping up just south of the Missouri border if it passes. For more information you can go to that story.
The grandstanding judge in the Anna Nicole Smith body trial gave custody to the baby's guardian, attorney Richard Milstein. For more about this go to
that story. I have a feeling it's nowhere near over.
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I heard a while back the IOC was considering buying up a block near the QCTimes area. Looking forward to hearing what they announce.
Right in the flood plain, that's smart! Nothing like annoying your customers with sandbags and detours.
North of River Drive but still Downtown is a pretty good size area. Putting it in an area that floods doesn't sound likely, so I guess it's wait and see time. If they kept the Blackhawk Hotel and remodeled it with a few floors for gambling, then resturaunts and amenities they might be money ahead. They could build a parking ramp on the north side and connect everything with a pedestrian skybridge. Then if the city gave or rented them the River Center and Adler, it could be a pretty decent Casino.
The 'bat boys' are only charged with A-robbery? If that's the case, car-jacking could become fairly normal. --Ghost
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