{"id":689,"date":"2009-06-30T20:52:31","date_gmt":"2009-07-01T01:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/?p=689"},"modified":"2018-08-16T15:52:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T20:52:38","slug":"bill-foster-and-the-gambling-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/?p=689","title":{"rendered":"Bill Foster and the Gambling Mystery UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While n0madic has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/?p=649\">pondering the mystery <\/a>of whether or not Foster will be running again in 2010, Foster has been busy brewing a mystery for me to ponder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.casinogamblingweb.com\/gambling-news\/gambling-law\/co_sponsor_commitment_snowballing_for_frank_online_gambling_bill_51479.html\">Foster has signed on<\/a> as a co-sponsor of Barney Frank&#8217;s internet gambling bill.  <\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t claim to be very familiar with this issue, but I can&#8217;t help but be aware that at least two large employers in IL-14, the casinos in Elgin and Aurora, are potentially threatened by the legalization of internet gambling.<\/p>\n<p>So, yes, all other potential ethical questions related to gambling addictions, etc, aside, I&#8217;m more than a little surprised that Foster would sign on as a co-sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>I asked for a statement regarding his co-sponsorship, and Shannon O&#8217;Brien, his spokesperson, has replied tonight by e-mail with this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>No, we have not made a public statement on this subject.<br \/>\nBest,<br \/>\nShannon <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So the mystery of why it seems like a good idea to Foster to put jobs in IL-14 in possible peril in these tough economic times abides.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: 2,332 jobs to be exact<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While n0madic has been pondering the mystery of whether or not Foster will be running again in 2010, Foster has been busy brewing a mystery for me to ponder. Foster has signed on as a co-sponsor of Barney Frank&#8217;s internet gambling bill. I don&#8217;t claim to be very familiar with this issue, but I can&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[78],"tags":[204,15,11,9,2869,208,10,209,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":702,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.progressivefox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}