Charles Town approve table games....

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.....and Maryland falls further behind.

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200912050177

While the voters in Jefferson County gave their approval to tables games at CT yesterday, a couple pathetic creatures at Laurel Park were trying to get patrons to sign a petition to stop the Cordish Co. slots facility from being approved at Arundel Mills Mall so it can be put at Laurel instead. I assume both people sitting at the table with the petitions were Magna employees, but I'm not positive.

I stopped briefly to read the poster board they had put up, but never made it past the first two lies they listed as reasons to sign the petition. I questioned why Magna would want to stop the AM facility when the slots legislation grants millions of dollars to owners of the state racetracks for facility renewal and provides funds for increasing purses. The response I received was that of a typical company shill who clearly wasn't well informed on the issue.

Essentially, while Magna wants me to believe they want slots to help racing in MD, they only want slots to help themselves. Increased purses and facility grants will allow them to be racetracks business owners - but they don't know how to run a racing business.

The MD slots commission votes tomorrow on whether to grant a slots license to Cordish Co. at the Arundel Mills site. Later tomorrow evening, the Anne Arundel County Council votes on whether to re-zone the Arundel Mills area to allow for a slots facility. Without the re-zoning, no facility can be built on the AM site. My feeling is the AA County Council is gutless and will not allow for the re-zoning.......