MICHAEL SWAN: I BET THIS  WILL BE PACKED >>>

The Suburban Times reports that Save Lakewood, Lakewood citizens' anti-Gambling Initiative group, will hold its first public meeting Monday at the Lakewood Library Meeting Room.

The old stigma that gambling brings crime is nonsense. It brings revenue to the city, it brings people to patronize businesses and it brings money for police and fire services. It brings jobs, too.

Gambling, like sex and alcohol, is not inherently good or bad. If you think gambling is immoral, do not participate. If you are trying to protect people from themselves, quit wasting your time.