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The Texas Association of Business Urges Legislators to Give Texans the Right to Vote on Casino Gambling
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(OPEN):
LATE LAST YEAR, NEW LEGISLATION REVIVED EFFORTS TO LEGALIZE GAMBLING
IN TEXAS. WITH LEGISLATORS IN AUSTIN CONTINUING TO DEBATE THE
MERITS, "TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS"-PRESIDENT BILL
HAMMOND URGES THEM TO GIVE TEXANS THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON
CASINO-GAMBLING...
(HAMMOND):
"TEXANS ARE
SPENDING UPWARDS OF TWO-BILLION DOLLARS, EACH YEAR, IN
NEIGHBORING STATES. IT REALLY MAKES NO SENSE FOR THIS MONEY TO
CONTINUE TO FLOW ACROSS THE BORDER--WHEN IT COULD BE USED HERE, IN
TEXAS, TO PAY FOR OUR SCHOOLS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND POLICE-OFFICERS.
WE'RE MISSING OUT ON A MAJOR ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT TOOL FOR THE STATE."
(BRIDGE):
PROPONENTS CONTEND THAT EXPANDED-GAMBLING COULD CONTRIBUTE
EIGHT-AND-A-HALF-BILLION DOLLARS IN TOTAL ECONOMIC-ACTIVITY TO
THE STATE; GENERATE SIGNIFICANT REVENUE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, WITHOUT
RAISING TAXES; AND CREATE 75-THOUSAND NEW JOBS. HAMMOND BELIEVES
THAT IT'S TIME FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO PUT THE ISSUE ON THE BALLOT...
(HAMMOND):
"THE ECONOMIC-POTENTIAL IS NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT. EVERY
OPINION-POLL SHOWS THAT TEXANS WANT THE CHANCE TO DECIDE THIS ISSUE--AT
THE BALLOT-BOX. REGARDLESS OF WHERE INDIVIDUAL TEXANS STAND ON THE
ISSUE, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CONTACT THEIR STATE-LEGISLATORS--TO LET
THEM KNOW THAT WE WANT OUR VOICES TO BE HEARD."
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