The Issue of Casinos in South Florida Essay -- Social Issues

Casinos on the 2014 ballot? Political committee lays the groundwork â€Å"After failing to persuade the Florida Legislature to pass a bill to open South Florida to mega resort casinos, gambling interests have taken the first steps to bring the issue directly to voters in 2014. A political committee under the name of â€Å"New Jobs and Revenues for Florida† was created April 10 with the purpose of promoting a â€Å"statewide constitutional initiative re gaming.† The committee chairman is Tallahassee lawyer and lobbyist John French and its treasurer is a political committee consultant and accountant Nancy Watkins of Tampa. The petition process requires that the organization get petitions signed by eight percent of the voters in the last presidential election to put the constitutional amendment on the ballot. The proposal must then be approved by 60 percent of the voters† (Klas, M. E., 2012). â€Å"The third level of inputs is external political actors that significantly shape the purposes, processes and actions of the bureaucracy. Administrative organizations do no exist in a vacuum; that is, without some degree of this external public support or hostility exercised either directly upon the agency or through intermediaries such as lawyers and lobbyists† (Stillman II, R., 2004, pg. 91). â€Å"Malaysia-based Genting Group spent more than $400 million to assemble roughly 30 acres along the Biscayne Bay waterfront here, including spending $238 million to acquire the headquarters of the Miami Herald newspaper. Genting planned to build the $3.8 billion Resorts World Miami, which company officials had boasted would become a dramatic feature along the waterfront of downtown Miami, with 5,200 rooms over four hotels, creating 30,000 permanent jobs, attracting almo... ... Santiago, F. (2012, January 28). Is the Herald Building Historic?. Common Sense Miami. Retrieved from http://www.commonsensemiami.com/ Scott, J. C. (1998). Part.4 The Missing Link - Chapter 9 - Thin Simplifications and Practical Knowledge: Metis. In Seeing Like a State. (Pp. 309-341). Yale Agrarian Studies. Stillman II, R. (2004). The American Bureaucracy: The Core of Modern Government. (3rd ed.). (Pp. 91, 220). Belmont, CA, U.S.: Clark Blaxter. Stutz, H. (2012, February 19). Supporters Of Florida Casino Expansions Promise To Fight On. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved from http://www.lvrj.com/business/supporters-of-florida-casino-expansion-promise-to-fight-on-139622693.html Stutz, H. (2012, February 3). Florida Lawmakers End Casino Push. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved from http://www.lvrj.com/business/florida-lawmakers-end-casino-push-138663869.html