Chicago may push south suburbs out of casino lottery

That’s the good news. The bad news is that they still can’t agree on who should own a Chicago casino and that the south suburbs have apparently been left out of the equation.

“I don’t believe that’s true,” said Ed Paesel, executive director of the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association. “We had our Springfield trip last week, and we discussed the south suburban casino with state Rep. Robert Rita (D-Blue Island and the chief sponsor of casino expansion legislation) and our other elected representatives from the south suburbs…Please click here to read Phil Kadner’s column in the Tribune / Daily Southtown.