It was Dante Alighieri who said: “the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.” And I am of the belief that the moral crisis that revolves around the issue of slot machines in Maryland is demanding that pastors in the “free state” stand...
By Blair Lee | The Gazette On Nov. 4, more than a million Marylanders will wait in line to cast their meaningless votes for president. News flash: The outcome is already certain: Obama wins Maryland by 12 to 20 points. Take it to the bank. So let’s discuss Maryland’s other election, the referendum legalizing...
Just Say “No” to Slots THE GAZETTE | OCTOBER 9, 2008 By Alan Lichtman “Don’t believe for a moment that the battle for slots is over. Opponents of slots should be on notice that the big money behind gambling never sleeps, never rests and never stops coming until it grinds the opposition into submission.”...
Hat Tip: Washington Post Gambling Away Our Principles Sunday, May 18, 2008; B08 It is easy to get caught up in the false promise of slots — of easy money and a quick fix to all that ails Maryland. But the simple truth is that Maryland can’t win and that Marylanders will lose if...
Winston Churchill once said, “Those who do not study history are bound to repeat it.” In 1960 civic organizations in Anne Arundel County and Charles County began to fight to remove slot machines from their jurisdictions. The battle was joined in 1962 by a Grand Jury from Anne Arundel County, which found “extensive corruption,...
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