Recent Prince George's County News: Slot Machines (15 Nov 2011)

Most recent items first, with a few exceptions.

• BowiePatch County council tables legislation to allow slots in Prince George's County: patch.com/A-nJvX 
• postlocal Prince George’s council asks General Assembly to take up slots question wapo.st/uP3PPn
• PrinceGeorgesMD Statement from Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III on Prince George’s County Council Vote on CB-49, cms.princegeorgescountymd.gov/ExecutiveNews/…
• HyattsvllePatch #Slots Bill Tabled In Prince George's County ow.ly/7uGXm 
• DCExaminerLocal Prince George's Council puts off slots ban: Related Coverage More news f... bit.ly/tOmFes
• UMarlboroPatch Slots Bill Tabled In Prince George's County -- patch.com/A-nJvX
• Comments by PGCBlogging:
• PGCBlogging @TomDernoga @ben_giles thanks! Will look up process tomorrow. So this doesn't require state const. Amend?
• PGCBlogging Don't let Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. (the name alone is too much) bully PGCo into accepting gambling because of his family ties to Rosecroft
• PGCBlogging THOMAS V. MIKE MILLER, JR., Senate Pres. (301) 858-3700 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3700 (toll free) thomas.v.mike.miller@senate.state.md.us
• PGCBlogging Write and call your council representatives. We can NOT sit back and have gambling DUMPED on us.
• PGCBlogging Mel Franklin, District 9: Tel: (301) 952-3820 Fax: (301) 952-5275 Email: MFranklin@co.pg.md.us
• PGCBlogging Obie Patterson, District 8:Tel: (301) 952-3860 Fax: (301) 952-4821 TTY: (301) 925-5167 Email: Councildistrict8@co.pg.md.us
• PGCBlogging Karen R. Toles, District 7: Phone: (301) 952-3690 Email: KRToles@co.pg.md.us
• PGCBlogging Derrick L. Davis, DISTRICT 6 @TeamDavis2011 Phone: (301) 952-3426 Fax: (301) 301-952.4351 Email: CouncilDistrict6@co.pg.md.us
• PGCBlogging Andrea Harrison, District 5: Phone: (301) 952-3864 Fax: (301) 952-5885 Email: councildistrict5@co.pg.md.us
• PGCBlogging Will Campos, District 2: Phone: (301) 952-4436 Fax:(301) 952-5554 E-mail: WACampos@co.pg.md.us
• PGCBlogging Mary Lehman, District 1 Phone: (301) 952-3887 Fax: (301) 952-4801 TTY: (301) 925-5167 Email: CouncilDistrict1@co.pg.md.us
• PGCBlogging Eric Olson District 3:Phone:(301) 952-3060 Fax: (301) 952-4904 Email: EOlson@co.pg.md.us
• PGCBlogging Council Chair Ingrid Turner: Phone:(301) 952-3094 Fax: (301) 952-4910 Email: IMTurner@co.pg.md.us
• ben_giles @PGCBlogging Regardless of the resolution, bringing slots to PG will always require a referendum for a constitutional amendment.
• PGCBlogging @ben_giles PG Council sets the legislation aside for statewide referendum. bit.ly/vU17kP Referendums only for moneyed bills.
• PGCBlogging P.G. Council wants a statewide referendum on slots = THEY PUNKED OUT!! washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/capital-… via @dcexaminer
• PGCBlogging Do we want to look like Atlantic City? Las Vegas? Their surrounding areas/infrastructures have NOT benefitted pgcblog.com/?p=1823
• PGCBlogging Say NO to gambling in Prince George's County!!!! pgcblog.com/?p=1823
• PGCBlogging @TeamDavis2011 Say NO to gambling in PGCo: pgcblog.com/?p=1823
• PGCBlogging The gambling bill has been tabled by the Council. LET'S GET 'EM!!! Write your council person/call 'em/GET 'EM! 
• Meeting report by former council member TomDernoga:
• TomDernoga @PGCBlogging That's not my point. It should require State Constl Amend, but that decision is controlled by STATE voters not PG voters
• TomDernoga @ben_giles On the last day of the legislative year, to "table" a bill is to kill it. It dies today. It can arise next year.
• TomDernoga @ben_giles @PGCBlogging Not fully accurate. Always at the State level, but that would not allow PGCitizens to have the final say.
• TomDernoga CB-49-2011-2 prohibit zoning 4 slots. Table: Turner, Pattrsn, Toles, Frnkln, Davis. Against: Olson, Lehman, Harrison, Campos
• TomDernoga CB-49-2011 dies 4-5. Tabled.
• TomDernoga Davis-need to think abt totality of all situations. No proposal says slots will go to Rosecroft. We ask voters to help us - tell us
• TomDernoga Davis-premature. Getting ahead or ourselves before we know all the facts. Money leaves the County every day.
• TomDernoga Davis-More abt economic devel & creating revenue. Abt the mechanisms. Can't compare PGC to other jurisdictions
• TomDernoga Davis-confuses referendum w/ charter change. says we put TRIM to the voters as a referendum. CR-83 puts slots to the voters. Davis confused
• TomDernoga Lehman - Free & reduced meal rate is about 55% in the County. students get 2 meals a day. parlor games are not the way to pull these pple up
• TomDernoga Franklin - i don't like slots but i like laying off teachers even less. what a non sequitor
• TomDernoga Franklin - no one wants to use "sin" taxes 2 raise revenues, but we do it. New alcohol tax. CB-49 is premature. Slots may not be right answr
• TomDernoga Franklin - County facing new fiscal challenges. Collapse of real property tax revenues. TRIM in place. What is the community opinion on that
• TomDernoga Franklin - unclear what the position of County citizens is at this time. CB-49 trying to get to that question. . .
• TomDernoga Harrison passionately opposed - the County is better than this
• TomDernoga Council members speaking on CB-49 before the vote.
• TomDernoga 80+ speakers signed up for CB-49-2011. That works out to 4+ hours if everyone does end up speaking.
• TomDernoga CR-83-2011 passes 5-4. Sign of the vote to come on CB-49-2011.
• TomDernoga Big question is whether State can add such a condition or is it unconstitutional. Hmmm
• TomDernoga CR-83-2011 Video Lottery Terminal Resolution to express support for State legislation requiring County voter support for slots is up
• ben_giles Slots ban a no-go. PG Council sets the legislation aside, preferring a statewide referendum. bit.ly/vU17kP
• PGCCouncilMedia CB-49-2011, an Ordinance Concerning Video Lottery Facilities was tabled by the County Council at Council session today, November 15, 2011.
• ben_giles The PG Council votes to TABLE CB-49 by a 5-4 vote. Not kill.
• marylandmoment Prince George’s council asks General Assembly to take up slots question: The County Council approves a resolutio... wapo.st/seorjy
• DCAbloob Anti-slots measure CB-49 tabled by Prince George's County Council in a 5-4 decision. #pgcounty
• KateRyanWTOP Tabled! PG bill to ban slots has been tabled---put off until next year...details on @WTOP coming up...
• myfoxdc Slots at Rosecroft Still Possible: The Prince George’s County Council is refusing the close the door on ... tinyurl.com/6sl6y6s
• ABC7News Prince George's tables gambling vote until 2012. tbd.ly/ujfzli
• LaurelPatch Bill to ban slots in #PG County get tables on county council.
• ben_giles Harrison and Campos, sort of admitting defeat, have this to say on slots: be careful what you wish for.
• ben_giles PG council now debating a motion to table the slots ban bill. Somebody's going to have to jump the fence to keep this bill alive.
• LaurelPatch Public hearing on slots bill during #PG council meeting nears it's end. Final vote will follow shortly.
• PGPDPressOffice #PGPD investigating shooting in 8600 blk 21st Pl #LangleyPark. #PGPD PIO enroute to scene
• ben_giles Testimony on slots is winding down - lots of speakers left during a lunch break over one hour ago.
• KateRyanWTOP Another side in the debate on slots in PG County--this one opposing the bill to ban slots. pic.twitter.com/oTHFgPFg
• postlocal Prince George’s council asks General Assembly to take up slots question wapo.st/uP3PPn
• TBDNewsTalk It appears CMs Turner, Davis, Franklin, Patterson and Toles will vote against slots ban, w/Campos, Harrison, Lehman & Olson supporting it.
• LaurelPatch Religious groups clash with gambling proponents in slots showdown at #PG Council hearing.
• TomDernoga Good to have the hearing, but the vote on CR-83-2011 shows that this one has been mailed in and will go 5-4 for slots no matter what is said
• KateRyanWTOP The council hearing room in Prince George's County where 81 people have signed up to speak on a poss slots ban pic.twitter.com/Gn9Zn9YF
• TBDNewsTalk Main #PGslots question is bill CB-49, not the res'n. Public comment on that just started. 81 speakers, meaning poss. 4 hrs. of testimony.
• ben_giles Everyone gets 3 minutes each. By my math (for what it's worth) that's 4.5 hours of testimony.
• TBDNewsTalk The Pr. George's Council has approved a non-binding resolution asking the state to condition slots on a future referendum. The vote was 5-4.
• ben_giles And now, the big kahuna. The debate over Olson's slots ban begins, and there's 89 (!!!) speakers signed up.
• ben_giles Resolution for a referendum on slots carries 5-4. There's your indication of what the vote on CB-49 will look like this afternoon.
• LaurelPatch #PG Council members spar with residents over video lottery and slots as vote nears during hearing in Upper Marlboro.
• ben_giles Harrison: I don’t think we need to stoop to something like [slots] in order for us to grow.
• ben_giles Btw, the 5 council members introducing this resolution are the same expected to vote against CB-49, the slots ban.
• ben_giles Council should look at the citizen's view on the issue, Turner said, and not let slots be decided by a zoning bill (Olson's bill).
• ben_giles Now here's something: 5 council members introducing a resolution to allow slots on majority approval of PG voters in a statewide referendum.
• LaurelPatch Slots debate is heating up at #PG Council hearing as residents pack hearing room as final vote is expected today.
• realpgcounty Fmr. Delegate Levy leads rally against slots in Prince George's wp.me/p1efJr-8g
• WTOPinMD Slots or not in Prince George's Co.? bit.ly/t2jXsg #WTOP
• MattBushMD PG County To Vote On Slot Machine Ban bit.ly/t5F2FO
• Examiner Local Editorial: Prince George's should just say no to slots is.gd/tQyZ4J
• marylandmoment Prince George’s council to vote Tuesday on slots: Prince George’s council is poised to reject a ban on slot mach... wapo.st/tc1bre