Hey, let's not be so alarmist:
Chicago - Chicago's former top cop is coming out strong against the state's new gambling bill, which would expand gambling across Illinois and bring a new casino to Chicago. Gov. Pat Quinn has yet to sign the bill into law, and Jody Weis is hoping that won't happen.
Weis, the former superintendent of Chicago Police, is now the deputy director of the Chicago Crime Commission, which says the gambling bill will be a benefit to organized crime in Chicago.
Weis said the main concern is the legislation increases gambling without increasing the regulatory body and resources that keep an eye on it.
I mean, come on, you just have to look at Indiana to see how silly this is. Are gangsters overruning Anderson or French Lick or Gary?
Well, never mind that last one. Gary is right around the lake from Chicago, and all the best gangsters use to summer on Lake Michigan in northwest Indiana and just up the road in Berrien County, Mich. "Al Capone stayed here" is that region's "George Washington slept here."
