Racino is Just What is Needed

Local Scarborough residents are divided as to whether or not they want to see slot machines coming to their neck of the woods. However, there are some who are dedicated to getting the slot machines legalized because of what it will do for the local agricultural industry.

While some are worried about the crime and addiction that will come with the introduction of slot machines to their town, others say that it will be a huge boost for the local economy. Farmers say that it will give them a huge boost, but many don’t understand how they will benefit from the addition of slot machines.

The farms say that as Maine used to be an agricultural state, and has since gotten far from that point, it is important for them to work towards moving closer to how it used to be. They know that without the addition of the slot machines Scarborough Downs will suffer, as will the farming industry.

Farms in Cumberland and York counties depend greatly on the well being of the track, and if the track does not get slot machines they will suffer right along with them. Maine has been losing an astronomical number of dairy farms over the past eight years, and not allowing the track to succeed by giving them the slot machines would spell doom for countless others.

The farmers find it sad that agriculture in the state depends on the slot machines, but that is just the way it is.
 

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