Casino Petitioners Get Slimier, Stupider [video]
| By Bret Thompson, ProgressOhio - Jun 25th, 2009 at 9:16 am EDT |
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Categories: Honest and Ethical Government, Election Reform, News, Featured
Categories: Honest and Ethical Government, Election Reform, News, Featured
Backers of Ohio’s proposal to bring Las Vegas-style casinos to Ohio are trumpeting the large number of signatures they’ve collected, but a new YouTube video raises new questions about how many of those signatures were gathered.
Much like an earlier video that prompted a Youngstown judge to take the unprecedented step of issuing a TRO that ordered the liars to stop lying, this one contains a string of whoppers from circulators eager to get people to sign.
One says the petition is about the environment (it’s not). Another says it would not change the state’s constitution (it would). One even says that Athens, Ohio, is in line for a casino.
Ohio law makes it a fifth-degree felony to misrepresent the contents of a ballot proposal for the purpose of inducing someone to sign a petition.
To get on the November ballot, pro-casino forces must collect valid signatures from 402,275 registered voters.
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A casino will siphon off resources from other local businesses.
I was glad to see Nationwide come out against this in Business First.
"Supporters are trying to dupe Ohio voters with false promises, just as they used false information to get people to sign their petitions. If they lie to people about what their petition is really for, why would anyone presume that they are telling the truth about how many casinos will be built?
After they are in the Constitution, closing the door on any competitors, they don't have to build but one where everyone must travel. They surely won't compete with their Argosy Casino only 20
minutes from Cincinnati or their racetrack in Toledo."