The Watchdog said:
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Ok...
Money for feeding the homeless?? Nahh.. lets stop gambling...
Money for building shelters??? Nahh lets stop gambling...
Money for increasing studying options??? Nahh ... lets stop gambling...
Money for sending more people to destroy middle east and take their oil?? Yes.. but lets save some to stop gambling ....
Ok.. everytime I learn about gambling late news I get scared about how much money they are investing on this non-priority matter.
Here we go again.......
Watchdog, Once again you really seem to be going off the "deep end". Your disdain for the US (or is it just the US government) never ceases to amaze me. While funding for legitamite issues such as homelessness, hunger, etc. is always subject to debate please put this in perspective.
This is the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation tasked to investigate criminal activity. With the number of casinos and additional newly opened casinos the increased staffing does not seem completely unreasonable to me. Like it or not criminal activity tends to migrate where " the money" and "easy victims" are. Providing law enforcement to help protect law-abiding citizens that want to use these facilities is hardly a "non-priority matter" in my opinion. As the article states:
"The DCI handled 461 criminal cases involving incidents at riverboats and racetracks in 2005, with incidents ranging from disorderly conduct and forgeries to sexual assaults and gambling violations."
Why would you consider it a negative to assure these facilities operate within the boundaries of the law? Is it not a good idea to apprehend forgers, sexual predators and the like?
The article further states:
"Additional agents assigned to casinos around the state have helped the DCI to improve its response to major crimes, Diaz said, because agents can be used to back up the forces at local crime scenes. No agents are being diverted from major crime cases to work at casinos, he said."
If major crimes are most prevalent surrounding the casinos, the statement above makes sense to me. More statistics would have to be looked at to confirm/deny any possible diversion of staff from other crime cases.
I for one would welcome sufficient criminal enforcement/investigation at any land based casinos I may visit to assure my experience there would not turn into a nightmare. I would be surprised if other areas with land based casino's such as Vegas did not have similar ratios related to criminal investigation staffing.
Oh yeah, and this statement of yours...
"Money for sending more people to destroy middle east and take their oil?? Yes.. but lets save some to stop gambling ...."
You must be kidding making comparisons of funding for the war and a state criminal investigative unit.
Get real..............
