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Casino backers file petitions to get on Nov. 3 ballot
Backers of a proposal to put casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo on Thursday, June 25, filed petitions that they said contained more than double the 402,275 signatures from registered voters needed to get on the Nov. 3 ballot.
The lousy economy, including the state’s 10.8 percent unemployment rate, give the ballot issue a better chance of passing than the four gambling proposals voters have rejected since 1990, said Charlie Luken, chairman of the Ohio Jobs and Growth Committee and a former Cincinnati mayor and congressman. Luken said the petitions included about 850,000 signatures.
Luken said the plan would create 20,000 new jobs and the four casinos would be open by 2013.
Jim Laemmle, 32, an out-of-work electrician from the Columbus suburb of Hilliard, was at the secretary of state’s office to help unload the truck with the petitions and agreed with Luken.
“I know it will create more jobs,” said Laemmle.
Brunner now will send the petitions out to county boards of elections to have the signatures verified.
Join the discussion on the casino proposal.
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October 26, 2009 6:14 PM | Link to this
These ads claim more jobs for Ohio, but they don’t mention the fact that most of those permanent jobs will be part-time positions. Low waged and no benefits. Ask a casino worker, the next time you go, they’ll tell you what’s really going on. Casinos cause crime to increase, which is benefitial for the Fraternal Order of Police, so of course, they will endorse casinos.