D.C. Says No to Slot Machines

Washington D.C. seems like the perfect place to bring in slot machines. Lots of money and politics just want to add to the allure of the slot machines. However, this was not the case at all when they decided to try and bring the slot machines to town.

The idea was to put slot machines in the district’s poorest neighborhood to try and raise money for the community – money that was very badly needed. They thought that if they brought in slot machines to their neighborhood, they might be able to afford better schooling and programs for the elderly. The district thinks that the community is overreacting to the slot machine issue, that they need the money and should take it where they can get it. They don’t agree with the argument that in an area already riddled with crime, if you bring in slot machines you are only going to make it worse.

Opponents feel that their government could not have gotten it more wrong if they tried. They don’t want slot machines, and their board now knows it. They say that no matter what they think the slot machines will do for their neighborhood, the amount of crime and problems that they would bring with them are not worth the price. They feel that their Board of Elections and Ethics went about it underhandedly, and that they were trying to exploit the community instead of helping it. They say that even if they slot machines were able to help them initially, they would end up paying for it in more ways than one later on.

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