Video Gambling—list of reasons to ban video gambling
UPDATE: I receive an e-mail dated December 18, 2009 from the Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems (ILCAAAP—http://www.ilcaaap.org/) updating the names of communities that have now banned video gambling in Illinois. On my post of December 16th, I listed forty communities that have banned video gambling. The number has now increased to 48. I am listing the addition eight communities tonight. They are:
1) Addison (update—12/18/09)
2) Burbank (update—12/18/09)
3) Campton Hills (update—12/18/09)
4) Downers Grove (update—12/18/09)
5) Oakbrook Terrace (update—12/18/09)
6) Roselle (update—12/18/09)
7) Schiller Park (update—12/18/09)
8) Wilmette (update—12/18/09)
I e-mailed the list of the forty communities which have banned video gambling to all Morton Village Trustees and the Morton Mayor Saturday morning. I also e-mailed them the following information which I’m posting this morning as e-mailed to them.
The list of reasons to ban video gambling in the Village of Morton:
“When I spoke before the Village Board at the last meeting, I fully expected to provide more information for the Board meeting this coming Monday night. I certainly have more information. However, with the excellent material present by Trustee Hermann, plus the information I have already provided, and your own personal research; I’m confident you should have sufficient information to reach an informed decision.
Therefore, I’m only sending an update on the communities and counties that have banned video gambling along with those who are presently considering it. You may have more complete information than I do in this regard. I am also including a summary of reasons to ban video gambling in Morton. I originally had more listed than the ten included in the final list but cut it back to ten because I wanted all of them to be included in no more than one page in case I needed to use the page for another purpose.
I hope and pray the Board will take a vote Monday evening and that each member before voting will explain the reason(s) for his/her vote. Of course, I would also prefer a yes vote to ban video gambling. Thank you again for your consideration of this important issue.”
“Video Gambling—ten reasons it should be banned in Morton
01) The General Assembly violated the Illinois Constitution when passing the law.
02) Government elected officials receive thousands, if not millions, of dollars in campaign donations from gambling interests.
03) People who would not gamble when it was illegal will gamble when it is State sanctioned.
04) Easier accessibility will increase video gambling.
05) Gambling is addictive and even the State and gambling interests agree.
06) Video gambling is the “crack cocaine” of gambling addictions.
07) Gambling destroys families—increases debt, increases family stress, leads to crime including public officials committing crimes linked to gambling, leads to more suicides.
08) Video gambling removes money from the community that can not be spent within other community businesses.
09) Video gambling makes the community less desirable for other businesses to locate within the community.
10) Video gambling is State sanctioned stealing. The law specifically defines how much may be stolen by each machine—20% over the life of the machine.
Good government demands that the Morton Village Board ban video gambling.
40 communities (updated to 48 communities—my addition) and 5 counties have already banned video gambling demonstrating their support for good government. 27 communities, including Morton, and 4 additional counties, including Tazewell County, are considering banning video gambling. Is Morton going to demonstrate its support for good government or capitulate to the General Assembly and the special interest groups that are promoting video gambling?
Banning video gambling on December 21st would be an excellent Christmas present to the people of the Village of Morton.”
UPDATE: I receive an e-mail dated December 18, 2009 from the Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems (ILCAAAP—http://www.ilcaaap.org/) updating the names of communities that have now banned video gambling in Illinois. On my post of December 16th, I listed forty communities that have banned video gambling. The number has now increased to 48. I am listing the addition eight communities tonight. They are:
1) Addison (update—12/18/09)
2) Burbank (update—12/18/09)
3) Campton Hills (update—12/18/09)
4) Downers Grove (update—12/18/09)
5) Oakbrook Terrace (update—12/18/09)
6) Roselle (update—12/18/09)
7) Schiller Park (update—12/18/09)
8) Wilmette (update—12/18/09)
I e-mailed the list of the forty communities which have banned video gambling to all Morton Village Trustees and the Morton Mayor Saturday morning. I also e-mailed them the following information which I’m posting this morning as e-mailed to them.
The list of reasons to ban video gambling in the Village of Morton:
“When I spoke before the Village Board at the last meeting, I fully expected to provide more information for the Board meeting this coming Monday night. I certainly have more information. However, with the excellent material present by Trustee Hermann, plus the information I have already provided, and your own personal research; I’m confident you should have sufficient information to reach an informed decision.
Therefore, I’m only sending an update on the communities and counties that have banned video gambling along with those who are presently considering it. You may have more complete information than I do in this regard. I am also including a summary of reasons to ban video gambling in Morton. I originally had more listed than the ten included in the final list but cut it back to ten because I wanted all of them to be included in no more than one page in case I needed to use the page for another purpose.
I hope and pray the Board will take a vote Monday evening and that each member before voting will explain the reason(s) for his/her vote. Of course, I would also prefer a yes vote to ban video gambling. Thank you again for your consideration of this important issue.”
“Video Gambling—ten reasons it should be banned in Morton
01) The General Assembly violated the Illinois Constitution when passing the law.
02) Government elected officials receive thousands, if not millions, of dollars in campaign donations from gambling interests.
03) People who would not gamble when it was illegal will gamble when it is State sanctioned.
04) Easier accessibility will increase video gambling.
05) Gambling is addictive and even the State and gambling interests agree.
06) Video gambling is the “crack cocaine” of gambling addictions.
07) Gambling destroys families—increases debt, increases family stress, leads to crime including public officials committing crimes linked to gambling, leads to more suicides.
08) Video gambling removes money from the community that can not be spent within other community businesses.
09) Video gambling makes the community less desirable for other businesses to locate within the community.
10) Video gambling is State sanctioned stealing. The law specifically defines how much may be stolen by each machine—20% over the life of the machine.
Good government demands that the Morton Village Board ban video gambling.
40 communities (updated to 48 communities—my addition) and 5 counties have already banned video gambling demonstrating their support for good government. 27 communities, including Morton, and 4 additional counties, including Tazewell County, are considering banning video gambling. Is Morton going to demonstrate its support for good government or capitulate to the General Assembly and the special interest groups that are promoting video gambling?
Banning video gambling on December 21st would be an excellent Christmas present to the people of the Village of Morton.”
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