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Anti-Gambling Governor Out of Touch With Alabama Constituents
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA --
Even as the state's governor swears to eradicate gambling in Alabama, a poll reveals that voters would prefer legalized wagering, as long as it benefitted education. A survey done by the University of South Alabama showed that fifty-five percent of Alabama residents were for bringing increased gambling to the state.
Forty-four percent rejected legalizing gambling, even if it aided the state budget and helped pay for schools. Of the majority, roughly two-thirds supported gambling that would fund education in the state, while the remaining third wanted gambling legalized even without revenue benefits for the state.
Governor Bob Riley had recently rejected a call to tax electronic bingo games throughout the state, saying he would rather eliminate illegal gambling than profit from it. Riley went so far as to create a special task force to hunt out and prosecute gambling wherever it exists in the state.
Riley's stance may appeal to narrow-minded evangelistic organizations, but clearly is not in line with the general population of Alabama.
Of course, with no funding available even for basic social services, Riley's special police squad, known to some as the Goon Squad, will need creative thinking to come up with operating money. Hey, perhaps if we tax gambling....
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