Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Media reports say Dan O'Leary is not giving up on his vision of the $1 billion destination gambling facility, though.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Dan O'Leary, the developer behind the proposed $1 billion gambling complex in the Norcross area, says he no longer controls the property where he was planning on building it, according to media reports. O'Leary told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that they've extended the land contract seven times already on the OFS site, so they're taking a break from it. OFS is a fiber-optic company that only uses a portion of its multi-acre land off I-85 and Jimmy Carter Boulevard. O'Leary has constantly propelled the mindset that the gambling complex would save the HOPE Scholarship. In addition to creating an annual estimate of $350 million for HOPE, the project would gain a projected $700 million in annual revenue and create 2,500 new jobs and a …
Monday, October 15, 2012
In a Gwinnett Municipal Association meeting, developer Dan O'Leary says his proposal for an entertainment and gambling complex could bring a "quick infusion" of funds into Georgia's ailing Hope Scholarship program.
For even the most die-heart southern conservative, Dan O'Leary makes a convincing argument that gambling would be a good idea for Gwinnett - and the entire state of Georgia. O'Leary, a long time developer in the Atlanta metro area, is pitching the idea of a multi-million dollar development that would include entertainment, restaurants, hotels - and gambling to a 122-acre site on the southwest corner of I-85 and Jimmy Carter Boulevard where OFS is currently located. The gambling complex would feature a computerized scratch-off ticket type of gambling dispensed by VLTs (video lottery terminals) which look similar to slot machines. And the state would benefit to the tune of $350 million in just the first phase of the development, later he …
Monday, July 30, 2012
A survey by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows differing results from an 11Alive poll.
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Monday, July 30, 2012
A recent survey conducted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows that most metro Atlanta residents are against expanding gambling for video lottery terminals to fund the HOPE scholarship and pre-kindergarten. According to the AJC, 53 percent of 625 local voters in the poll said they oppose "video-style slot machines." Forty percent of the ones surveyed said they were in support of it, and the other 7 percent were undecided. Do you favor VLTs for funding education? Tell us in the comments. 11Alive also did a recent recent poll on the VLT issue, and it received differing results from the AJC poll. Out of the 1,292 registered Georgia voters polled, 56 percent said they favored the use of VLTs. Thirty-four percent said they opposed it, and …
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Board chairman says he believes this is a public policy decision that should not rely solely on the board.
A local developer called his plan to bring a $1 billion destination gaming facility to Gwinnett County a "silver bullet" that will help save the HOPE scholarship. But Dan O'Leary's plan went over like a lead balloon when he pitched it Thursday afternoon to the Georgia Lottery Board. In addition to giving the project's bullet points (video lottery terminals, a hotel, offices, retail and dining, including a restaurant and bar from NFL star Herschel Walker), O'Leary emphasized how the gambling complex could make $350 million annually for the HOPE scholarship and pre-kindergarten. "Our proposed project is a silver bullet, and it's the only silver bullet that I'm aware of for fully funding both pre-K and HOPE now and for generations to come," …
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
The lottery-fueled facility could help the economy and fund the HOPE scholarship, says developer.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
A local developer is hoping that residents are ready for a new gambling facility in Norcross, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution sourcing the Associated Press. Developer Dan O'Leary told AP that he wants to build a $1 billion entertainment complex that could help boost the state's economy and HOPE scholarship program. The complex would include a hotel, a theater and a game floor with 7,500 lottery machines, says the article. The development, according to O'Leary, could make $700 million in annual revenue with $350 million each year for HOPE, and create 2,500 new jobs and a thousand additional construction jobs. The complex would be built near Jimmy Carter Boulevard and I-85 South at the OFS headquarters. O’Leary has a contract …
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Kids 'R' Kids owner Rashid Khan says, "There is no hope for HOPE if we can't teach the kids."
Faced with the prospect of watching the state's lottery-funded HOPE scholarship and Georgia Pre-K programs go broke, Gov. Nathan Deal and state lawmakers have opted instead to make significant changes. Bright from the Start, the nationally recognized Pre-K program in Georgia, those changes include shortening the school year from 180 days to 160, increasing class sizes from 20 students to 22 and slashing funding for providers by 6 percent and teachers by 10 percent. Norcross Patch wanted to learn how the changes would impact local Pre-K programs so, we contacted Rashid Khan, owner of two Kids 'R' Kids schools in Norcross, who expressed serious concern."Pre-K is where we lay the learning foundation for young kids," Khan said. "There is no …
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Scholarship reform legislation now moves to the Senate for action.
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
An effort to save the HOPE scholarship program is now in the hands of the Georgia State Senate. The Georgia House of Representatives passed H.B. 326 by a 152-22 vote margin Tuesday (March 1). The vote was a bipartisan effort, according to Gov. Nathan Deal. “The legislative process is working effectively,” Deal said in a released statement. We’ve put together the right piece of legislation that keeps our programs among the most generous in the nation while placing them on firm financial footing. Today, we are one step closer to ensuring that HOPE endures for Georgia’s best and brightest and pre-k continues to prepare 4-year-old Georgians for educational excellence.” Almost all of the House Republicans and two-thirds of House Democrats voted…
LilZ
10:19 am on Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Why does it have different wording on the Republican and Democrat ballots? That makes no sense. The wording on both is really vague too. I actually agree with Dan O'Leary (who I want to just go away) that the wording is definitely flawed. more ›