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Mayor Worried About Seminole Slot Machine Compact

Hollywood Mayor Mara Giulianti is concerned that the Seminoles will not have signed a slot machine compact with the state before the Department of the Interior steps in, and if that happens the state will not get any of the slot machine revenue. This particularly concerns Giulianti as the town of Hollywood will be most impacted by the new slot machines and casino – for that is where the Seminoles are located.

Giulianti wrote a letter to Governor Bush asking them to come to some sort of agreement with the tribe, as the government will not take into account the effect that the slot machines are going to have on the town of Hollywood. She asked Bush to try to negotiate with the Seminole Tribe once again for the slot machines so that certain considerations will be taken into effect before the compact is signed.

As the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino sits on land adjacent to Hollywood, Giulianti feels that there should be compensation to the town for the hardships that will follow, as well as the strain on the city’s resources. She pointed out that Dania Beach, Pompano Beach, and Hallandale Beach are all bringing in slot machines as well, but they will receive revenue from those machines. ''If the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino gets Class III slots -- as it should now that pari-mutuels will be offering them -- Hollywood will be the only city in Florida to be impacted with absolutely no offset to mitigate the impacts,'' Giulianti wrote.

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