A casino would not be the economic salvation for the city of Jackson that some people believe it might be.
That’s the opinion of Ashby Foote, who represents Ward 1 on the Jackson City Council.
“I’m not a big casino fan,” Foote said. “We need lots of help and there is lots of work to be done to restore Jackson to where it needs to be, but I’m not sure a casino is the way to do that. It focuses on human weaknesses instead of human strengths.”
A group called Capital City Forward Together, which includes former Governor Haley Barbour, proposed the idea of a casino in Jackson during a meeting of the House Select Committee on Capital and Metro Revitalization last December.
