Our Say: Council should have enough guts to vote on slots

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Slots should be at Laurel Park Race - 2009-12-20 21:54:46

Being a realistic person, I realize the Anne Arundel County Councils vote on whether or not to place slots in the Arundel Mills Mall will come down to a question of money that is, which vote will give them the biggest slice of the pie.

Here are four considerations that the supporters of Anne Arundel Mills location fail to look at.

The State of Maryland and its counties will earn more slots gambling money from lucrative Northern Virginia at Laurel. Laurel is a far more accessible location to Virginians than Arundel Mills. It's also closer to Washington, DC, and very close to Baltimore, as well.

Laurel Park racing has already filed numerous permits for slots gambling. They are set up with facilities and employees tuned to cater to the gambling public. The statement made by supporters of Anne Arundel Mills that they can get up and running faster than Laurel is preposterous.

The planned ICC (Inter-County Connecter highway) starts in Gaithersburg and ends where? In Laurel. I realize its a long term project, but can we look to the future and see the staggering benefits this will provide for state gambling income at Laurel Park?

There is a train stop at Laurel Racetrack that is currently in use to bring racing fans to Laurel. Need I say more?

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Lynda Hill - Upper Marlboro, MD - Karma: Neutral

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Ready for a Decision - 2009-12-20 19:57:22

I agree that we need a decision tomorrow. I am sick of the pro Arundel Mills PR machine named the Annapolis Capital running a steady stream of one sided articles and columns. You are pro-slots and anti-community...I guess an easy position since you live in Annapolis and not West County. I noticed a few pro-Arundel Mills guest columns last week, but no opposing ones. At least you are not pretending to be fair or balanced.

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Rob Annicelli - hanover, MD - Karma: Excellent

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Here here - 2009-12-20 19:27:47

I agree 1000%

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