OTOH, the link shows casino are built on the Mississippi floodplain without floodplain design. That's a disregard of good business practices for the benefit of short-term profits.
Of course, Mississippi is guilty of not having proper floodplain building and zoning codes. But then again, if the State required an elevated structure people would whine about that as well.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "what7do7you7want" <what7do7you7want@...> wrote:
>
>
> I wish no ill will on the folks who are being displaced from
> jobs and such, but one must realize that Mississippi brought
> ALL of this upon itself by the braindead decision to force
> casinos to be build in places where natural disasters are
> more or less a given.
>
> Such constraints should be in violation of law anyhow.
>
> Such restrictions have no demonstratable benefit to the
> state and for that reason alone should not be legal.
>
> Zoning laws were made to keep liquor stores and churches
> apart, not to burden businesses with excessive costs and
> risks.
>
> So the next time you folks in MS vote, remember that the
> hyper-conservatives amongst you are so blinded by their
> ideals that they are more than willing to create situations
> like this.
>
> I just wish those morons would be the ones who have to pay
> all the bills and lost salaries.
>
> QZ
>
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Mickey" <mickeycrimm@> wrote:
> >
> > You might want to take Tunica off your itinerary for awhile:
> >
> > http://www.wmctv.com/story/14562118/tunica-county-prepares-for-rising-food-waters
> >
>
