Recent reports are insinuating that there has been some sort of conspiracy on the part of Mason-Dixon Resorts GP, LLC. Accusations are surfacing that Gettysburg businessman David LeVan is simply a “face” on the Mason Dixon Resort and Casino project. The insinuations that Mr. LeVan is the “poster person” for the casino project stem from the fact the LeVan’s business partner Joseph Lashinger owns are larger interest in the corporation and that the “real” person calling the shots in the Mason Dixon Resort and Casino project is Mr. Lashinger.
This alleged scandal surfaces only 45 days prior to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s first hearing, to be held on August 31st, where public testimony will be heard regarding the granting of the last remaining Category 3 gaming license to David LeVan and Joseph Lashinger. The facts about who owns what portion of Mason-Dixon Resorts LP, the company that would own and operate the proposed casino, is no secret and any interested party could have easily obtained this public information.
As stated by associate professor Michael Hussey of Widener Law School, "The idea is that limited partners will make their investment into the entity and in exchange they'll have limited liability. They'll only be on the hook for the amount of their contribution. What Mason Dixon is doing is standard. They've made the general partner, Mason-Dixon Resorts GP, LLC, responsible for the day-to-day management of the limited partnership. They're the entity that has the ability to sign contracts on behalf of the limited partnership."
The issue has been and still remains to be whether or not the Mason Dixon Resort and Casino will affect the hollowed ground of the Gettysburg Battlefield. Perhaps the real question is why anyone would make allegations of a conspiracy when the alleged hidden information has always been accessible to anyone wanting to obtain it?
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