Taking Chances Page #4

It's obvious why you're the

mayor here. Very smart man.

Thank you.

Anyway,

I'm just here until the tribe

settles on a location...

and the official locating agreement

is signed by all necessary parties.

Then somebody

has themselves a casino.

And that, of course, is when

the real bureaucracy takes over.

That is a real kettle of old fish

heads, if you know what I mean.

But before that,

it's my apples on the line.

So, to get down to

brass tacks,

if anything messes

with my apples,

that means

no locating agreement.

And that means...

no casino.

I have your apples

in my capable hands.

I like the sound of that.

I really like

the sound of that.

Excuse me. Mayor Fishback. Hey, dude.

Hi. Do you have a moment

for one of your constituents?

Always. Chase.

It's good to see you again.

Good.

Digger Barksdale.

Hey.

How are ya?

We're actually, uh,

looking for signatures...

for our petition that would

put the casino to a town vote.

Let me get this... For one, I don't

know what you're talking about.

There's no casino.

Sorry?

No, but that'd be great.

Wouldn't it? Because I love gaming.

It would be awesome.

What's your game? I'm a

Caribbean Poker man. Yeah.

Is this for a school project?

No. Sir, this is a petition...

for the town to vote

on the casino.

Oh. Where? Where's the

casino? The one that...

That the games of chance over there?

Is that what you're talking about?

- Mayor, all due respect...

- We know the casino is coming. We know...

- How would you know about that?

- Oh, his dad...

No, no, no.

Dad... His dad...

Great. So, moving on. The town

needs money. We're in dire straits.

History can't happen

again without progress. Ah?

Right?

So let's progress.

Let's allow the red man to

come in and build a casino...

I think "red man" is disresp...

And let's all get rich.

- No, that's an actual term.

- We're gonna get a casino in here.

We're gonna put it

on your battlefield.

And we're gonna make enough

money to fix the water system,

and you'll get

new school uniforms.

- And what else would bring in tourists?

Nothing. - Oh, I don't know.

Maybe our beautiful history that we

have, that we want to preserve here.

The fact that an amazing battle took place

right here on our own hallowed ground.

Maybe that would bring in

some tourists.

It's not about glamorous, sleazy

casinos, which any town could have.

We have a real place in history,

and that's how we have to attract...

Can I tell you something?

And this might disappoint you.

That whole battle

is an urban myth.

It's an urban myth.

Historical fact, Mayor. Let

me take a look at that again.

If you were to vote for a

casino, what would you, uh...

- What would you vote? What would

your vote be? - My vote would be no.

I don't really care either

way. That's not your name.

No. I'm writing those

two names down here.

Gonna put it in my pocket.

Those are two of our friends.

I don't understand why you did

that. Ah, you don't have to.

Keep it goin'. The spirit of

the civic-minded community...

You... You have our...

Thanks, dude.

That went the exact opposite of

how I thought it was gonna go.

We're getting the ball

rolling. The ball... of freedom.

This is so civic. Yeah.

Can I go...

Of course. Yeah.

Excuse me, sir.

No, thanks.

Sir. Sir.

What have we got so far?

Six.

Uh...

Well, this guy signed his name

twice for some reason.

Hey, uh, I'm from

the Guardian.

My sources said there's a

political protest happening?

I can confirm that.

Can I get your names?

Yes, you can.

- This is Lucy Spanks... - Hey, kids. This

here's all gonna get shut down right now.

What?

Who says?

No political assembly

permit's been filed...

for this location.

You're out of here, pronto.

You know what? I have one word for you,

Officer, and that's "First Amendment."

Two words.

I want you to head west down the

sidewalk and take your table and your...

I want you to respect the fact that we pay

taxes and we have a right to be here, okay?

- John! - Just 'cause you

have a mustache and a gravelly,

authoritative voice, doesn't mean

we're going anywhere, Officer "Snay-ad."

- Snead.

- Have you forgotten this is America?

That's what hippies

like you always say.

So, how long do you folks

figure you'll be at this?

As long as it takes.

As long as it takes.

As long as it takes.

As long as it takes.

As long as it takes. Patriotville,

don't sit down on this one!

As long as it

takes. As long as it takes.

Michael

Moore... As long as it...

That's how long it took.

Let's go!

As long as it

takes. As long as it takes.

All right.

As long as it takes.

Keep clapping. Just move

along. As long as it takes.

As long as it takes.

Hey, Cleve. Cleve!

Cleve!

Cleve!

- What? I'm G.D. Workin'. What do you want?

- We got a problem, okay?

There's a lot of loose talk out

there, spreading like crabs on payday.

They all smell it comin'.

Got the fever.

I know. Looks like

it's already here. Yeah.

We, uh... We gettin'

in over our heads here?

Look.

We just gotta be making this

thing less complicated, okay?

Yeah.

All right?

You're right. How do

we... How do we do that?

- I got a plan.

- Always got a plan.

That's-That's right.

You always got a plan.

It's plan "A" too. All right? We don't even-

We're not even gonna need plan "B" or "C."

What do I do in the plan? What?

- What do I do in the plan? - You're

the fat guy who asks dumb questions.

You're the numbers man,

you bozo.

Oh. Show him this.

Hey. Yeah.

Solved one problem. Oh. Yeah.

Man, look at that, would ya? Get a load

of her, huh? I could sting that honeybee.

- Hey.

- What?

Okay. Look.

I'm two seconds away...

from using this

on your pubes.

Now get the "F" out of here, all

right? Before I kick you. Okay.

- What is this?

- It's wrong.

Well, I'm glad we're on

the same page. Now look.

There's big things happening... things

I'm not at liberty to talk about.

There is a major

comeback under way here.

But a Revere goin' around speakin'

Karl Marx type sh*t in this town...

don't you cut me out

of what I got comin'.

Okay, Dad, first of all,

I'm no communist,

and I know about

the casino, all right?

- You don't know sh*t. That's a secret.

- Dad, what's with the pool?

I'm fixin' it.

With what?

With a loan.

Now's the time.

Wait a minute.

A... A loan from where?

From a friend.

A fella. This dude.

Oh, Jesus.

Hey. I've done

my homework,

so just once in your life, I want

you to have some faith in your poppy.

Dad, I started a petition...

for the town to vote

on the casino.

Foolish, foolish,

foolish youth.

I don't care if you are Marx or

Lenin or Pol Pot or Gorbachev...

Dad, please drop the communist

thing. I'm not a communist, okay?

I don't care if

you're a communist or...

or a Leninist

or a Maoist type.

I just want you to drop this

sh*t and get out of the road.

I'm comin' through.

You hear me?

- What does that mean?

- Yeah.

Um... Clear the road...

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