Lining the roads and the parking lots are bright signs from the major pro-slots group, For Maryland For Our Future, proclaiming "Stronger Schools, No New Taxes, Vote for Question 2."
Question 2, of course, is the slot machine referendum that would allow up to 15,000 slots at five locations, including 4,750 machines within two miles of Baltimore-Washington Parkway.
There is no question Laurel Park, one of the eligible locations, wants slots. After all, parent company Magna Entertainment Corp., which owns the track, already has...
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Anne Arundel Slots - 2009-12-12 10:30:48
It's not about whether gambling is right or wrong, its about putting a huge commercial enterprise in the middle of a heavily residential community with serious environmental concerns. Laurel is the wrong place. Everyone knows it except those who stand to gain financially or politically from it, and they have no scruples.
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