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I saw the article in my local paper also regarding DeWeese's plan to draft this bill. Rendell says he will veto it due to the fact that we don't know how well the slot parlors will do and he wants to wait a few years to think about legalizing table games. It looks like Rendell should be our target of emails and letters letting him know that PA poker players will still travel to AC to play. Lets get writing! Here is the governors contact information:
http://www.governor.state.pa.us/gove...;governorNav=|
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DeWeese obviously brings this up because they are really set and would love to have riverboat gambling in the Pittsburgh area. It would bring even more people to the waterfront area's which has always been their revitalization plan.
Although it is a good idea to send an e-mail to Rendell voicing your support for a table games bill. Rendell is a very good politician, he knows that while the Democracts have barely taken control of the State House the Republicans are still in control of the State Senate and alot of the one's left are those hard ass conservatives that didn't want the slots to start with.
What Rendell wants is a good disscussion and some sort of compromise without him having to pick a side. He certainly does not want this as ammo against him, even though from the beginning he has wanted full casinos in PA. What we need to point out to our State Senators and Reps is that this is good for more property tax revenue. Will keep more people in the state (not going to WVA and AC) to gamble. And we need to strike while the iron is hot. With online poker becoming more difficult to do, there are many PA poker players who are looking for poker rooms. Their option is either trips to AC or staying here at home. We would much prefer tham to be at home.