Against Slots and giving parks to be as Casinos

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Kain99

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Vote NO for #2: Read closely, no slots will be coming to Calvert St. Marys or Charles.

Historically, states have not been able to account for proceeds. It's a SCAM!
 
Tonio

Tonio

Asperger's Poster Child
u gotta love me said:
but if the money is going to places other than Maryland..... then why not let us get the perks of the people gambling their money, rather than the other states? :shrug:
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That's why I said that if we had to choose between government-owned slots and privately owned slots, the former would be preferred. As much as I don't trust the government in this case, I have even more distrust for the private slot machine companies. It's a scummy business.
 
BuddyLee

BuddyLee

Football addict
Kain99 said:
Vote NO for #2: Read closely, no slots will be coming to Calvert St. Marys or Charles.

Historically, states have not been able to account for proceeds. It's a SCAM!
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Indeed. All that money will be going to Baltimore, not the ever-so-often shunned Southern Maryland.
 
aps45819

aps45819

24/7 Single Dad
BuddyLee said:
I'm voting against this.

For slots.

Against constitutional amendment for it.
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There you go.
I've got no problem with idiots throwing their moiney away, they'll always find a way to do that.
I don't like the ammendment or no oversight as to where the new revenue is going.
 
BuddyLee

BuddyLee

Football addict
aps45819 said:
There you go.
I've got no problem with idiots throwing their moiney away, they'll always find a way to do that.
I don't like the ammendment or no oversight as to where the new revenue is going.
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A constitutional amendment even down to the state level should be for something immensely important. This isn't quite deserving of that.
 
NorthBeachPerso

NorthBeachPerso

Honorary SMIB
Kain99 said:
Vote NO for #2: Read closely, no slots will be coming to Calvert St. Marys or Charles.

Historically, states have not been able to account for proceeds. It's a SCAM!
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None will come here because we already have them. Oops, sorry, they're called video lottery terminals, not slots. If the amendment passes, and it looks like it will, we'll have them here within five years-Solomon's and Chesapeake Beach are two venues along with Cambridge on the Eastern Shore (take a look at that hotel over there and tell me slots weren't a factor when it was built) that will lobby for an expansion to include them.
 
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sommpd

New Member
aps45819 said:
Common sense wonders why it requires a constituional ammendment to allow slots.
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Um..maybe when the constitution was written they didn't have electricity and running water? It's not a permanent document, and the people who wrote it didn't have a crystal ball to determine how life would be today.
 
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The Oyster Guy

New Member
sommpd said:
Um..maybe when the constitution was written they didn't have electricity and running water? It's not a permanent document, and the people who wrote it didn't have a crystal ball to determine how life would be today.
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The Maryland Constitution defines the structure, as well as the limits, of our state government. Do not confuse the Constitution with the Code of Maryland (the assemblage of Maryland laws, as passed into being by the General Assembly and within the provisions/limitations of the Constitution.)

Our Constitution does NOT prohibit gambling, so why should it need an Amendment explicitly to allow slots?... That's an issue for the General Assembly to pass/reject into law, not a constitutional issue.
 
aps45819

aps45819

24/7 Single Dad
sommpd said:
Whatever happened to common sense.
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Good question
Common sense would tell you not to spend more than you make
sommpd said:
Um..maybe when the constitution was written they didn't have electricity and running water? It's not a permanent document, and the people who wrote it didn't have a crystal ball to determine how life would be today.
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Um...so mabey when the constitution was written they didn't forbid slot machines.

Why do you need to change it to allow them?
I trust the guys that wrote the state constitution a LOT more than the people now in Annapolis

I've never seen a water powered slot machine
 
msqtech

msqtech

Citizen
study

sommpd said:
Who needs a dumb azz study. Whatever happened to common sense. I'm ok with it being local gambling...it's still revenue.
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You used the argument that it would keep money in maryland how will it do that? There is no proof that it will keep any money in maryland that is currently spent in other states!
 
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