Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 4 · column 5 of 6 · from the scan, no model involved
their gambling revenues to establish treatment programs for their citi-' zens who have become compulsive gamblers. Law enforcement costs will rise, since “legal gambling creates new gamblers who switch over to illegal gambling,” says Sean McWeeney, chief of the Organized Crime Section of the Criminal Investigation Division of the FBI.
It is true that some of our historic Virginia landmarks were built on lottery money in Colonial days before we had income taxes. However, by 1894 widespread crime and corruption forced the closing of all state-operated lotteries.
Our modern lottery experience is no better. Thomas Dewey, former governor of New York, says, “The entire history of legalized gambling in this country and abroad shows that it has brought nothing but poverty, crime and corruption, demoralization of moral and ethical standards.”
The only winner in the lottery is the out-of-state company which operates the “games” at the expense of state revenue.
Virginians do have a choice. Do we want to continue our long tradition of prosperity, sound government, and fiscal stability, or do we want to lower our dignity and blindly follow in the frail footsteps of our neighbors to the North?
Join with me in voting “NO” on Nov. 3.
LARRY HOVIS, Pastor
Washington Baptist Church
94.7%