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Thread #133253 Message #3021309
Posted By: Sawzaw
01-Nov-10 - 11:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: Question A is getting Boring
Subject: BS: Question A is getting Boring
This is only pertinent to a certain part of Maryland where there is something on the Ballot called Question A.
It is not a Democrat/Republican thing.
It is a referendum on whether to allow a slots casino to be built near a major mall.
I think most people want it to be built at the nearby horse racing track but "somebody" made the requirement that they have put up $28 million or it could not go there. Not everybody has $28 mil in their pocket. I smell a rat. A big fat real estate developer rat.
My phone is ringing off the hook with messages to vote for or to vote against question A.
I get 4 pieces of mail every day saying to vote for or against question A. There are signs on the school buses even.
25% of the TV ads are for or against question A.
Fire fighters, teachers, police, the governor, comptrollers, newspapers, all manners of orgs have lined up for or against Question A.
Enough already. I have never seen as much lying and bullshit counter claims in my whole entire life like I have seen over question A in the last few months.
I am voting against question A. It if can't be at the racetrack, like the one in Charles Town WV and Dover Downs Del. I don't want it at all. It will bring in as much revenue and produce just as many lobs at the track without polluting the surrounding area with sleaze.
They can build them at all the horse tracks too and save the faltering horse racing industry here in Maryland.