Council Deciding on Slot Machines

The Cordish Company, and specifically David Cordish, would like to bring in slot machines to Anne Arundel County in Maryland. He has put in a bid to the state to bring in the slot machines, and now the public and the Anne Arundel County Council have to decide about local zoning ordinances that may or may not allow that to happen.

The voters in the state have approved slot machines, but as to where they go or not has not yet been written in stone. Cordish would like to bring in more than four thousand slot machines near the Arundel Mills Mall. The public is ready to weigh in on it as well, and many believe that the council itself is divided on the idea.

According to the Washington Post two are against the slot machines and the public has yet to speak on the matter. One council member says that the public did not say that slot machines could be brought in near the mall – they said that slot machines were approved at racetracks only.

Those that are for the slot machines say that they will increase revenue across the county, and especially at the mall. They argue that there are millions to be made in slot machine revenue and that it will be a boost to the state’s economy as well as the county’s.

However, the public is due to speak on the slot machine issue on Thursday and many think that they will be mostly against the idea. There has already been many grumblings from residents who say that this is not what they signed on for, and they don’t want the slot machines in their community.

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