Gambling Forum

Special thanks to the Waltham Democratic City Committee & Third Middlesex Area Democrats for hosting last night's Gambling Forum, to former Attorney General Scott Harshbarger for an exemplary job moderating, and to those Reps. and officials who took the time from their busy schedule to attend, including Rep. Peter Koutoujian and Rep. Tom Conroy.

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Important issues were raised and discussed in a much needed debate about the pros and cons of gambling.

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Rep. Tom Conroy announced that he will be conducting a similar forum on

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September 24, 2009

At the Lincoln-Sudbury High School

in Sudbury

beginning at 7:30 PM

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When the issue of expanded gambling arose in the legislature, Rep. Conroy conducted his own research and prepared a 20 page report that considered strictly the economics of the issue. In his comments, he explained that the Attorney General, Martha Coakley had included consideration of enforcement and regulation in her testimony before Senator Spilka's hearing in June 2009.

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Investigating the issue, Rep. Conroy discovered that New Jersey has

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1500 State Employees

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dedicated solely to those issues.

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Wow!

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Costs like this need to be factored into consideration.

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Eisenhower wrote on Feb. 10, 1959 "...in a democracy debate is the breath of life.”