My stand is there should be multiple casinos, without a monopoly of 100-mile radius as Question 1 allows. So this year we should vote “no.” Out-of-state investors have been planning this casino for more than 10 years, which may be why a law was passed to offer this casino a 100-mile exclusive radius creating a […]
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Votes of students tabulated
AUGUSTA — The trio from Warsaw Middle School in Pittsfield each voted for a different candidate.
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Study: Rural towns with casinos see more drunk drivers
The study looked at areas that introduced casinos over a 10-year period and contrasted that with the number of fatal drunk driving accidents.
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Former Gov. King urges vote against Oxford casino
He says a casino won’t create the jobs and revenues its promoters are promising, and will harm Maine’s image.
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Local clergy opposed to Oxford casino
The clergy say they are opposed to the proposed casino both on moral grounds and because they don’t believe a casino would bring the economic benefits to the region that have been promised.
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Our View: Biddeford shouldvote ‘no’ on ill-thought-out racino
Voters in Biddeford are going to get a chance Nov. 2 to do something that voters in Saco and Scarborough have already done, and that voters statewide have done three times:
They can turn down a proposal to build a slot-machine emporium.
That’s also what they should do, because no better arguments have been offered for moving Scarborough Downs from that community to a new site down the road than have been offered in the past for the other gambling proposals that have bit the dust since the first two referendums on the topic were voted on in 2003.
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Biddeford racino opponents present objections to plan
BIDDEFORD — Low-quality jobs, the spread of chronic gambling, a loss of wildlife habitat and greater use of city services are among the problems that a racino could create in Biddeford, speakers on a panel organized by racino opponents told a standing-room-only crowd Monday. The presentation at City Hall was part of a meeting organized […]
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Bond proposals: Question 2 aims to boost Maine’s rural dentistry
Question 3, meanwhile, is a borrowing package that would assist land conservation efforts.
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Church leaders oppose casino
Leaders from nine churches in the Oxford Hills region are opposing Question 1, which would allow a casino in Oxford County. The group will announce its opposition at a news conference in South Paris on Monday. Although the church leaders don’t like gambling for moral reasons, their opposition is based on their belief that gambling […]
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Another View: Casino would be sure bet for economic development in Maine
An editorial was wrong to discount the benefit to the state’s economy of so much spending.