Gambling with Crookston’s future. Against all odds. Betting it all based on one’s gut feeling. Only happens inside a casino? Think so? Hi and welcome to the Crookston Documentary Channel here on You Tube. I have a history of traveling through Las Vegas, stopping, seeing the sights but never dropping even a nickel. Gambling isn’t something I usually do. Unfortunately I got tied up in a game of high stakes in Crookston from 2006-2009 and lost 000 before I “crapped out”. Yet my high stakes, losing gamble, wasn’t the only game going in town. The Crookston City Council was busy with their own high stakes game as they dreamed of building a no frills (a huge hulking building) to house three hockey rinks out on the far extreme edge of the city. The cost: million. For: A declining youth population (a 50% decline since the 1960’s). Crookston has, recently, been pestered with a factory closing, layoffs, and a ever rising burden of retirees and the elderly. Almost as if ones back was against the wall, anxious, not thinking things through, a bet was hastily placed. Crookston’s most powerful city council in the city’s long history? Based on the gross amounts of funds flowing through city government (for all programs and projects under their control) and their ability to radically alter Crookston future direction through their official authority to act, this council is thee most powerful in Crookstons long history. More then three of these current council members have already …
Sports Gambling vs. Stock Market.. Is there any difference with the two? Is one safer than the other? Its interesting that stock market investing is legal when the risks are potentially a lot higher. Both games require skill to be a winner, and without skill most are left in the dust Music By Rick Clarke at the end of the video - For Royalty Free Music, please visit his site wikimediafoundation.org Please Rate and Comment
