Labor Leaders for Slot Machines

The Mahoning Valley labor leaders are in support of bringing slot machines to Ohio. The Learn and Earn group is sponsoring a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize slot machines in Ohio to fund education. The measure would take 30% of the slot machine revenue and put it in an educational fund for scholarships for high school seniors.

The slot machine revenue fund would start helping the top 5% of seniors with college expenses by 2009. They have to attend a college or university in the state, but labor leaders think that the slot machine amendment is exactly what the state needs. They think that slot machines are the perfect way to bring in additional revenue to support the education system that has seen skyrocketing tuition costs as of late.

Those supporting the slot machine amendment include Bill Padisak of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees, Larry Fauver of the Greater Youngstown AFL-CIO, Debbie Bindas of the American Federation of State, county and Municipal Employees, and Don Crane of the Western Reserve Building Trades Council.

 

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