Casino Petitions Finally Get Approved in Ohio
The developer seeking to build a hotel with slot machines at Broadway Commons got the go-ahead Monday from Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro to proceed with a massive petition drive to put the issue on the November ballot. After failing to qualify twice in 15 days, developer Louis Beck hit the required number of 1,000 valid voter signatures, according to Kim Norris, spokeswoman for Petro, whose office reviews ballot language and initial signatures on statewide issues.
The approval by the attorney general will allow Beck and his supporters to go ahead with gathering an additional 323,000 signatures between now and Aug.9 to get the Cincinnati casino issue on the Nov.7 ballot. Its rival, Ohio Learn & Earn, which represents six Ohio racetracks, including River Downs and the Lebanon Raceway, has been on the streets of Ohio cities for weeks gathering signatures for a casino gambling petition to allow gambling in Cleveland but not Cincinnati.
Cleveland-area developers are involved in the that effort. Ohio Learn & Earn has been gathering signatures since May 1 and has gone to court to try to prevent a California signature-gathering consultant from going to work for Beck's group.
June 13, 2006
Posted By Larry Rutherford
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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