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This is false and wrongthinking.  Voting yes on 75 has nothing to do with preventing a casino in Cascade Locks.  The competition may prevent it for a time being, but every argument you make is false (barring specious claims about fire danger/enviroment, which are patently unproveable).  This WILL create worse traffic in the 84, especially at the gateway interchange, there is no major public transport to that area (destination casinos don't tend to attract people who would take public transport anyways), and the city of Wood Village (and largely Gresham as well) are not ready and waiting to put up with the crime and addiction problems either.  Most likely, these costs will be borne on the backs of the local residents, either through higher taxes or reduced quality of these services. 

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As a homeowner in Troutdale (1.5 miles from the proposed site), I find myself and my neighbors firmly against this casino.   For the developer to claim that "the state is the primary benefactor" is blatently false, since 75% of the profits will go back to the investors.  This casino is going to cause worsening traffic through the 84/205 interchange, as well as along the 84, and will bring crime and low wage service jobs to the area, which will not have any positive impact to our city.  The unending quest for profits should not encourage us to relax our morals and let problem businesses like this into our community.  I would rather see the area turned into poppy fields and marijunana dispensaries as opposed to a casino/waterpark/whatever. 

PS- And for the record, I'm against Tribal Casinos as well, for roughly the same reasons.

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