Anti-VLT crusader wants to be heard
The following is a copy of an open letter sent to Premier-designate Shawn Graham:
Congratulations on you and your party's election win. As part of your many serious responsibilities, in the near future you must make a decision about the future of video lottery terminals, racinos and/or casinos in New Brunswick.
Prior to your party making such a decision, I request that you grant me the opportunity to make a presentation to you and or your ministers-elect. To date there has been much lobbying by the harness racing community and others but little if any representation for those who have given their lives or ruined their lives, and the lives of their families and loved ones, all for the sake of raising some blood-money taxes.
As a citizen who has lived with the ultimate results of VLT gambling for the past eight years and has made it a full-time priority to study this parasitic form of gambling, I believe that you and your party owe the vulnerable citizens of this province an opportunity to be heard.
DON BISHOP
Darlings Island
11 comments:
New Brunswick held a referendum in 2001. Voters opted to keep the VLTs regulated instead of the false option of "banning" them. What happened when booze was "banned" in the 1920s and 1930s? Prohibition simply provided organized crime with a cash cow with which to fill their coffers. I'm sorry Don Bishop lost his son. It must be beyond horrible to lose a child, but banning VLTs is not realistic or enforceable. It's impossible. The RCMP should use their resources to tackle violent crime and attend to accidents, etc., not police VLTs. Doesn't anyone else find it odd that Don Bishop and the Hell's Angels would vote the same way during a referendum... but for very different reasons. We aren't considering banning booze because of drunk driving deaths. Why oh why all the focus on VLTs because of the fraction of suicides related to gambling vs drunk driving. Education is the key here, not prohibition. Again, I say this with respect. The focus on VLTs must be logical, not emotional.
how come your not blogging today, charlie
"banning VLTs is not realistic or enforceable. It's impossible." 3:42 PM that is nonsense. How come many jurisdictions in U.S have banned VLTs.
Taking abreak from blogging...will continue over the weekend........Thanks for asking!!!!
Take A 12 Month break
What's the matter? Did Shawn Graham take your computer away??
You won't be back til the weekend??
Horrendous!
You're as bad as CFBC now, no live blogger evenings!
What ... Charles you must be taking a vacation after working all that overtime throughout the election!
3:42PM - I completely agree. The whole of society should not be treated like children. If some small number of people have no willpower and can't control themselves, why should the rest of us be painted with the same brush?
How come the Harold Mayes blog is only bring up a blog template thing or something ?
really enjoy your blog, keep up the good work.
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