Traffic and Congestion concerns

The Capital Gazette publish, "Dining out: Piera family sticks to winning formula at Mike's North" in 2014. (https://www.capitalgazette.com/entertainment/ph-ac-en-dining-mikesnorth-0918-20140918-story.html

In the article the author makes special mention "Crowded parking lots seem to run in the family when it comes to restaurants owned by the Piera family."

The best predictor of future action is the past. Mike's has shown their business formula includes parking lot congestion. They cannot manage parking in their businesses. Our community deals with enough congestion with one of their businesses, we can't deal with another. 

Background listening 

Please listen to the following podcast. How Sports Betting Hit the Mainstream in America

(https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/podcasts/the-daily/sports-betting-lobbying-laws-states.html?rref=vanity

Background reading

Please read the following articles

Cigars, booze, money: A lobbying blitz helped to make sports betting ubiquitous.

(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/sports-betting-lobbying-kansas.html

Government oversight of gambling in the United States offers scant consumer protections and looks to the industry to police itself, The Times found.

(https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/sports-betting-laws-states.html

Keep on sharing, and thank you all for doing what you can.

**The image above is auto populated from the links, and does not reflect the layout of the future sports betting in "Michael's on the South River."**