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Flashpoint:

That debate over whether to have a casino in megadeveloper John Ritter’s Kyle Canyon gateway project…

By Jon Ralston (contact)

Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007 | 7:44 a.m.

That debate over whether to have a casino in megadeveloper John Ritter's Kyle Canyon gateway project was a classic example of a deal already being done. Yes, Ritter's peerless presenter, Mark Fiorentino, meticulously created a record (it will be appealed) for almost two hours. But Mayor Oscar Goodman, Mayor Pro Tem Gary Reese and Councilman Ricki Barlow made the point early on that no residences are within a half-mile of the new casino and that the council was going to hang the approval on future project residents being fully informed of the casino being there. When it became clear that Steve Ross, the union boss who represents the area, only gave opponents 15 minutes, it became more obvious. These folks need to be better actors.

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