Job Campaign Starts

Come June 9th, Ohio County voters will make a choice as to allow table games into their county, or to veto the measure making the expansion impossible. Those that would like to see the table games approved have launched the “Jobs for Ohio County” campaign to convince people that the smartest thing they could do was approve the measure.

Mayor Nick Sparchane joined the Ohio County Commissioner David Sims and Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center President and GM Bob Marshall in a press conference to discuss the vote on the table games. With this campaign they are urging voters that it is in their best interest to allow the games into the count as they will bring with them more than 400 new, permanent jobs.

Proponents say that not only will it bring in jobs, it will also bring in revenue. They say that they could be looking at $400,000 annually to Ohio County, and $800,000 to the city of Wheeling itself. This will enable many programs to continue without having to raise taxes to pay for them. There are other cities that will get revenue as well; they will actually get thousands in revenue from the table games if approved.

Many residents have already decided to vote for the table games as they say it is tough to get a job in the city, and with this coming in perhaps more people will be able to stay. If it does not pass, they say there is a good chance they will have to leave their hometown, and even if they don’t – their children will because the jobs and the money just are not here.

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