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Comments (0)State Comptroller Peter Franchot stopped by today to touch base, as he does periodically. Not surprisingly Maryland’s November slots referendum topped the agenda. If approved, it would lead to 15,000 slot machines in five sites. Mr. Franchot is leading the public charge against the initiative, pitting him against the state’s power structure in the likes of Gov. Martin O’Malley and State Senate President Mike Miller. The Comptroller believes that slots would lead to all types of ills and is a silly way to try and deal with a short-term budget issue. Besides, he said, “If it’s approved, the legislature can turn these sites from slots parlors into casinos and by then we’re half pregnant when it comes to five more sites for slots.” Now I’m against slots on a slew of levels, particularly religious ones. I just don’t see… read more
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