Group Asks Court To Require Vote On Ohio Slots
Published: July 21, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio—A conservative group is challenging Ohio’s plan to put slot machines at racetracks.
LetOhioVote.Org asked the Ohio Supreme Court in a filing Monday to give voters a chance to approve the plan. The committee said it has begun gathering signatures to place the gambling measure on the ballot in November 2010.
The committee, whose members include former Republican state Rep. Tom Brinkman, said the actions of the governor and Legislature ignored the will of the people.
Gov. Ted Strickland issued an executive order on July 13 that expands the Ohio Lottery to include slot machines at the state’s seven horse racing tracks. The Legislature clarified Strickland’s authority to do so in the budget plan the governor signed on Friday.
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The religious groups/cults need to clean up their own house before they attempt to tell us what they think we should or should not be doing:
Over the last seven days…
Florida: Pastor Samuel Darin Taylor charged with defrauding his church of over $250K.
New York: Father James J. McDevitt charged with the sexual abuse of six boys.
Russia: U.S.-based Pastor Hio Sun Pak jailed for 18 months for bribing immigration officials to overlook illegal Chinese labor used to build his church.
Florida: Pastor Donnell Dewitt Williams charged with money laundering after probe reveals $400K in loans processed in the namea of his congregants.
Tennessee: Pastor John Franklin McCarroll charged with indecent exposure at public park. Bonus: Glory hole involved. Extra bonus: McCarroll frequently preached against gay marriage. Extra hilarious bonus: The motto of McCarroll’s ministry is “Come as you are, but don’t leave like you came.“
Texas: Living Praise Christian Academy Prinicpal Darrell Dean Dunn charged with child molestation.
South Carolina: Pastor Leon Dizzley convicted of money laundering for selling nine luxury cars to drug dealers.
New York: Wife of Pastor Mike Bowers charged with 14 felony counts of defrauding a United Nations fund intended to help women in Iraq.
Maryland: Father Aaron Joseph Cote found guilty of child molestation.
Pennsylvania: Christian songwriter and schoolteacher Heather Lynn Zoe charged with having sex with minors. Bonus: Songs on Zoe’s debut CD include Face Down and Over And Over.
New York: “Prosperity gospel” motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker found strangled in Harlem. Police suspect the accomplices of the prostitute that Locker had been patronizing.
This week’s winners:
India: Father Thomas Kottoor, Father Jose Puthrukayil, and Sister Mary Sephy charged with murdering Sister Mary Abhaya after she walked in on them having a threeway. Police say the Holy Trinity beat Sister Abhaya with an axe handle and threw her into a convent well where she drowned
I agree with BobjustBob.
I don’t understand why any group thinks they can dictate what people want.
How would slot machines affect this group, voters who oppose the measure, or anyone else who doesn’t use them? If someone wants to use addiction as an argument then I guess we need to get rid of the lottery, bingo, and race tracks all together. How are slots any worse?
Why not let the state try to gain some additional money without taxing everything? Just let it happen and monitor closely. If you can provide good cause to get rid of slots a few years down the road then at least you’ll have data backing it up.
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