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Questions Mark forgot to ask, re $34 million for casino infrastructure
Untangling the Kansas casino legal mess

By RICK ALM

The Kansas City Star, April 7, 2008


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www.kansascity.com | 04/07/2008 | Untangling the Kansas casino legal mess

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...A lawsuit financed in part by Topeka-based taxpayer watchdog Americans for Prosperity-Kansas has alleged that all three casino projects proposed for Kansas City, Kan., violate the state casino law’s ban on public financing of casinos.

The lawsuit filed in Shawnee County District Court names the Kansas Lottery, the Kansas Lottery Commission, the Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board and the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission as defendants.

It would prohibit the state from inking management contracts with de facto casino owners Pinnacle Entertainment, Legends Sun and a partnership including Kansas Speedway and the Cordish Co. Any deal with those companies, it alleged, would amount to “an illegal tax” because each is “inextricably intertwined” with nongambling developments that, in years past, received state or local tax breaks, STAR bonds or some other public aid and, as such, “are part of the same overall development.”

Kansas’ casino law is clear: “No state or local tax abatement … no revenue bonds, tax increment financing or similar financing shall be used to finance any part of any lottery gaming enterprise or any racetrack gaming facility.”
Any bets that this group will be watching our tax dollars for us ? I'll give 3-1 that they will.
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Perhaps no local funding can be used for the casino proper. But I "bet" locally financed lines can be installed to a special events center 50' away: with excess capacity and stubs for future taps.
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WND sales tax $ will not (officially) be used for infrastructure for the casino. But I believe the casino will take advantage of the services and other eminities put up for the SEC.
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Remember that $34 million tax dollars for infrastructure
got this email -- seems that this group wants to move the whole town (English speaking), use all the tax money possible for infrastructure, and take Boot Hill's name with them. Since Boot Hill Museum is no longer involved, how do they call it Boot Hill ? Move the hill ? Hey, after the rest of the town closes, the hill might be easy to move then, huh ? (I want some of whatever these guys are smoking -- million sq feet of retail?) So I share...


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Boot Hill Gaming - Board of Directors, & Community-Legislative-Lobbying & Chamber teams -

HEADLINE NEWS ........

Butler National Corp and Boot Hill Gaming are committed to enhancing the retail and entertainment opportunities for Dodge City - which leads to higher sales tax collection, higher property tax collection and more jobs. It diversifies our business base and creates an even stronger community.

We've attached a preliminary site plan for Mariah Center that gives you an idea of planned retail development. Over one Million square feet of new retail space in addition to the Boot Hill Casino & Resort campus.

Butler National and Boot Hill Gaming are your partners in growth - share the facts with a friend today.

Jeff Thorpe, for
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Interesting stuff, OT. "planned" is not the same as "committed', as you know. Looks like a rather polished lobbying effort. I like your comment about moving the English speaking town. One goal of having the SEC in a downtown or southern location was to spread the town growth out...not further the segregation.
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Interesting stuff, OT. "planned" is not the same as "committed', as you know. Looks like a rather polished lobbying effort. I like your comment about moving the English speaking town. One goal of having the SEC in a downtown or southern location was to spread the town growth out...not further the segregation.

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I guess I honestly didn't realize..."One goal of having the SEC in a downtown or southern location was to spread the town growth out...not further the segregation."
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My bad, Mike. Goal sounds too official. I should have written:
One effect of having the SEC downtown or in a southern would be...
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My bad, Mike. Goal sounds too official. I should have written:
One effect of having the SEC downtown or in a southern would be...

eunuch,

I agree with you! Although I don't think the direction of growth is really a priority.
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fun on land sales in credit reports -- brady to western beverage to bogner to ....
Not sure how to read some of it, but credit reports show land sales from:

Leon & Dwane Brady, et al. to Western Beverage Inc

Western Beverage Inc to Joseph & Shirley Bogner

Joseph & Shirley Bogner to Butler National Services Corp.

then, oddly, Butler National Service Corp to Butler National Service Corp.

Seems that the location of the Events Center has been decided before the location of the casino... or something like that, huh ? (Send $34 million to casino...) Given that CFAB Chair Starks directly profited from this, come on lawyers ....

Just nice that ethics isn't a concern.........or the financial well-being of the taxpayers.
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It is nice to know that the lack of ethics is practiced somewhere other than Ellis County.
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