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Penn Governor OK with HIS Video Poker Gambling
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA --
Since the state laws were changed to allow horse tracks to host slot machines, Pennsylvania and Governor Ed Rendell have pursued the smallest, most petty gambling violations, shutting down gathering halls for veterans and society meetings for firemen. Now Rendell hopes to reverse his stance, with a caveat.
Rendell is asking Pennsylvania to legalize the same type of gaming machines he has scourged from the state. He would put slots and video poker machines right back in the Moose Lodges and VFW halls he previously raided.
But thew difference, of course, is who gets paid. Rendell would slap a fifty percent tax on legal gambling machines, saying the state could make as much as $550 million a year.
According to Northampton resident Pete Trower, "Rendell operates government like a mob protection racket. He shuts you down, then lets you reopen if you pay tribute."
Apparently, Rendell didn't mean all those nasty things he said about gambling being a social ill. What he meant was: where's my share?
And the idea is catching on, albeit grudgingly, with the 3000 or more social clubs that depended on gambling pennies to keep food and drink prices down. Finding themselves starving, the small town organizations are happy to have any part of their lifeblood back.
It must be said that Rendell does a complete job. If he tires of Governor, Sheriff of Nottingham might be an appropriate next office.
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