Editor:
This letter has been sent to Attorney General David Eby.
As you are most likely aware, there is a proposal for a new casino in Delta. I am writing to you because you are in a position to know the most true information pertaining to casinos and the crime they attract. In various news articles you have been quoted as saying
* B.C. has become internationally infamous for money laundering.
* Law enforcement in casinos has been a massive failure.
* There is a possible connection between money laundering and the out of control real estate market.
On May 1 and 2, Delta held a public hearing regarding the proposed casino. Over 100 people spoke and when you remove those who would make money from the casino, directly or indirectly, the majority of speakers spoke against the casino. Immediately following that public hearing, Delta council approved the application for rezoning the land. Since that time the majority of letters and articles in the local paper have opposed the casino.
Because of your direct knowledge of the complete scope of criminal activity that casinos attract, I am requesting your assistance and the assistance of the provincial government in having a question inserted on the municipal ballot, in South Delta only, for this October’s election that asks: Do you support the construction of a casino in South Delta?
On its website, the B.C. Lottery Corporation says numerous times it wants to listen to the community, engage with the public, and that it requires the local government to seek and consider adequate community input before committing to a new casino.
It appears that Delta council has only received input from a very small percentage of the population regarding the project that is going to affect South Delta for perpetuity.
If the question is presented on the civic election ballot that gives every voter in South Delta the opportunity to express their opinion under the scrutiny of a democratic election.
Therefore I request your assistance to have the question put on the ballot.
Greg Hoover
