Quote of the Week

State Senator Lowell Stoltzfus (R- District 38) on slots Constitutional Amendment - Question 2:

“‘This issue is obviously very important to Ocean City,’ he said. ‘The first thing to start with is the ballot language and it’s being challenged. It’s deliberately misleading and it’s wrong.’ [emphasis added]

Stoltzfus told [Economic Development Committee] members on Wednesday the slots-for-schools premise is misleading because much of the revenue generated from the gaming machines will not go where it is supposed to go despite the language in the bill.

‘The ballot language extols the virtues of the revenues going to education, but the reality is most of it is going into the general fund. The revenue will be swallowed up in the general fund and it could go to anything. The same thing happened to a large extent with the lottery.’” [Maryland Coast Dispatch, 9/5/08]