We found that P2E maintains a gold standard in this industry and is a responsible local partner,”<\/strong> Masingill said recently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nHowever, when P2E permanently closed its DiamondJacks Casino last year amid the pandemic, it put more than 400 people permanently out of work.<\/p>\n
Religious Opponents<\/b><\/h2>\n
Not all are in favor of a Slidell casino. And the opposition is largely being led by area pastors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nFaith leaders argued before the Slidell City Council and a state Senate committee that casinos and gambling lead to more suicides, broken marriages, and numerous other social harms.<\/strong><\/p>\n“We get left holding the bag,” opined pastor Randy Boyett of the Thompson Road Baptist Church in Slidell.<\/p>\n
In an effort to sway voters against the casino ballot referendum, religious groups, including the Louisiana Family Forum, have been mailing fliers to local citizens urging them to vote “no” on the gaming question on Oct. 9<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The proposed St. Tammany casino in Slidell, La., would allocate five percent of its gross gaming revenue (GGR) to local governments. Last week, area officials came to terms on where exactly that money would be distributed. The St. Tammany Corporation, the economic development organization for the parish, approved of how the estimated $7.5 million to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":177132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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