Franchot Determinedly Against Slot Machines

Peter Franchot is now Maryland’s 33rd comptroller, and he is as anti slot machine as you can get. Between Franchot and Governor O’Malley, slot machine proponents are afraid they will never see them legalized. He is planning on continuing his opposition of slot machines while in office.

Franchot feels that it is not in the best interests of Maryland’s taxpayers to legalize the slot machines. He was very much against ex-Governor Ehrlich’s attempts to legalize the slot machines. He says that he is fully aware of the deficit that Maryland faces in their budget, but that he is fundamentally opposed to slot machines. He thinks that going over the tax code and working to fix the “structural deficit” is in their best interest, and that going down the road of slot machine again is just a mistake.

He says that he is planning on supporting those opposed to slot machines, which makes many who would like to see the machines legalized not very happy. They say that he will use his position as comptroller to speak out against the slot machines, saying how they are not economically in the state’s best interest. They feel that he is using his position to an unfair advantage, and that it will make it even harder for them to convince others that slot machines are exactly what the state needs.

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