{"id":22625,"date":"2018-10-08T08:56:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=22625"},"modified":"2018-10-08T08:56:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T16:56:03","slug":"quote-of-the-day-962","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/quote-of-the-day-962\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<strong>Connecticut<\/strong> residents are best served by the state spending less time in court and more time on real opportunities to maximize economic <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MGM-Bridgeport-300x167.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MGM-Bridgeport-300x167.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MGM-Bridgeport-150x83.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MGM-Bridgeport.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>development and job creation.\u00a0That\u2019s why each passing month makes it more obvious that the most productive path forward for Connecticut is to pass legislation calling for competitive bids on any new commercial casino in the state, and to get started on that process.\u201d &#8212; <em>from <strong>MGM Resorts International<\/strong>&#8216;s formal statement last week on a <a href=\"https:\/\/ggbnews.com\/article\/third-connecticut-casino-dealt-critical-blow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">federal decision quashing<\/a> a <strong>Mohegan Sun<\/strong>\/<strong>Foxwoods Resort Casino<\/strong> satellite facility in <strong>East Windsor<\/strong>, 12 miles from <strong>MGM Springfield<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cConnecticut residents are best served by the state spending less time in court and more time on real opportunities to maximize economic development and job creation.\u00a0That\u2019s why each passing month makes it more obvious that the most productive path forward &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/quote-of-the-day-962\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[166,112,245,167],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22626,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22625\/revisions\/22626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}