Get Ready to Vote on November 7th

How will you vote on Issue 3? The Facts of the Issue as provided by Learn and Earn.org  can be seen by clicking here.  We all got burned when Ohio Lottery money was supposed to be earmarked for educational purposes and then the politicians decided otherwise. Has it made you leery of supporting other types of ballot issues? This current configuration is to put slot machines at every race track in Ohio (there are 7) with two Cleveland locations to be determined (that brings the total to 9, and one of the locations is in the Flats). A 'check and balance' on the system is to be The Ohio Board of Regent's control over the percentage of money from each dollar earned through the slots....NOT the politicians. Students will apply for inclusion into this 'trust' of monies. As long as they are accepted into the program and then accepted into an Ohio school of higher learning, they can utilize this money. 

How do you feel about the argument that creating locations for slot machines will add several thousand jobs to Ohio?  I personally am going to vote for Issue 3; I say we need more jobs and we need to stop the drain of monies from Ohio to other state's gambling arenas. Yes I know some people are addicted to gambling. But they will gamble their monies on our Lottery or go to other states regardless of whether we have slot machines in Ohio. That is how addiction works...I would prefer our money stay here, and I am willing to bet that the Board of Regents portion of the monies earned is in safer hands than they were with our Governor.  Is the system perfect? I doubt it, but it doesn't sound evil or ill-planned. Yes the casino owners who back Learn and Earn will make money. I'd like to think that there are more positives than negatives to Issue 3 so that is why I am supporting it.

Maureen McCabe's Columbus Ohio Blog has a poll on casinos in Columbus which began a few days ago. Please  check out her blog post, the poll itself; you can even vote! Comments about Issue 3  came up even though the blog is about casinos in Columbus, because Issue 3 would have to pass before that was a realistic consideration. You can also get some thoughtful opposing commentary on Issue 3 on her blog.

And as I have posted before regarding election issues, this post is not only about Issue 3, but hopefully it will help encourage you  to vote on November 7th, no matter how you feel about Issue 3.