WKRC-TV:
After years of opposition to the expansion of gambling, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has announced a plan for slots machines at seven horse racing tracks as a way to help balance the budget.
Strickland, a Democrat, said Friday that the move would provide $765 million for the two-year budget that starts July 1.
Lawmakers have struggled to fill a gap of roughly $3.2 billion in the spending plan.
The slots proposal would not go before state voters, who have rejected gambling proposals four times in the past 20 years.....
We'll see what happens!
...and it is pouring in central Ohio. We've had lots of thunder, lightning, and periods of heavy rain. Yuck.
> It is no secret that Ohio needs some cash now. What if the state allowed slot machines for a period of one year? Wouldn't the extra money brought into the state's treasury help cover a few expenses? At the end of that year, it could be decided to renew or not renew the contract for the slots. Anyone???
> Have you noticed how the Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives just don't get it? I guess the GOPers don't remember when they would lock the House committee rooms and not allow certain hearings when they were the majority.
> Here we go again! Looks like another person has witnessed the anger of Upper Arlington's...., Oops! I mean Kettering's State Sen. Jon Husted. Dayton Daily News has the story.
> John Kasich, Republican candidate for Ohio governor, had an interesting person help him out at a recent event. The Other Paper has the story:
Matt Borges is not exactly a household name. Most likely, John Kasich is hoping he doesn’t become one.
The 37-year-old consultant is perhaps better known as former state treasurer Joe Deters’s chief of staff; the same Joe Deters who resigned amid a pay-to-play scandal in 2004.
Borges pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of restrictions on a public official in 2004 in conjunction with that hot mess....
Will Kasich make Borges part of his campaign staff?