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Bond Rating Agencies Keep Eye on Slots Referendum
July 15, 2008 - The Daily Record is reporting that the country’s top bond-rating agencies “are watching November’s referendum on slot machine legalization as they look for continued financial stability.” The story, published Tuesday, July 15, reports that slots “could raise more than $1 billion by 2013,” but that “uncertainty over slots” puts Maryland’s budget future into doubt. | Read More
Anti-Slots Group Must Be Straight with Voters on Its Plan to Raise Taxes & Cut Services
July 03, 2008 - Hilary Spence, the group's Treasurer and a former Talbot County Councilwoman, said Marylanders should vote against the slots referendum this November and instead raise taxes even higher or cut essential public services. | Read More
Experts Say: Budget Crisis Will Worsen Without Slots
June 20, 2008 - The Baltimore Sun today reports that fiscal experts andlegislators believe that Maryland's budget crisis will worsen withoutpassage of the slots referendum this November. | Read More
State Retail Group Supports Slots Referendum
May 29, 2008 - The Maryland Retailers Association (MRA) announced today its supportfor the November 4 referendum authorizing 15,000 slot machines at five locations in Maryland. | Read More
Anti-Slots Group Endorses Higher Taxes
May 27, 2008 - Marylanders United to Stop Slots has endorsed higher taxes as the budget alternative to slots. | Read More
Garrett County Chamber of Commerce Joins Coalition
May 20, 2008 - The Garrett County Chamber of Commerce this week joined the MarylandChamber of Commerce, Maryland State Teachers Association (MSTA),Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) and the AFL-CIO as part of theFor Maryland For Our Future campaign to support passage of the Novemberslots referendum. | Read More
Maryland Chamber of Commerce Joins Referendum Coalition
May 02, 2008 - The Maryland Chamber of Commerce this week joined the Maryland StateTeachers Association and the Maryland Association of Counties as partof the For Maryland For Our Future campaign to support passage of theNovember slots referendum. | Read More
