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Sandy Theis, a representative for opponents ofthe $1 billionh casino proposal, said Thursday that Mahoning Counthy Democratic Party Chairman Davidf Betras asked a judg e to issue a temporary restraining orderr blocking petitioners from collecting signatures statewide. The has until July 1 to collecrtabout 402,000 valid signatures to bringt a constitutional amendment before voterss asking to develop four gambling casinos in including one in Columbus.
The suit includes a vide o showing two signature collectors in Columbusz saying the petition is forbringing “factory jobs, industry to Ohio before mentioning the The men also incorrectly state that a casino will be builtf in Youngstown and that the proposal doesn’t change the Theis said she was presentf when the video was shot by a colleague, adding that more exist. To play the video, clicjk .
Bob Tenenbaum, a spokesman for the Ohio Jobs andGrowthb Committee, said the grou p is working to track down the men in the videpo and said they’ll be immediately removed from the Tenenbaum added that the group won’ t file signatures collected by anyone found givingg misleading information. “They’re all traine and told what they’re supposed to say and not supposedfto say, and they’re told not to answer questions they don’t know the answeer to,” he said. “Could this happen? Certainly. When you have several hundreds people collecting signatures somebod is always going to dosomethingv they’re not supposed to do.
” Tenenbaum said the groupp does its own monitoring of signaturre collectors and has removed at least one person from the campaign. Officials on both sidee of the aisle in Mahoning Count have been vocal in their oppositionj of the casino proposak becauseit doesn’t includer a facility in Youngstown, Theis said. Instead, the amendmentr would ask voters to approve buildinyg casinosin Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo and on the wester edge of the Arenaw District. Wyomissing, Pa.-based (NASDAQ:PENN) and ownet Dan Gilbert would be investors inthe proposal. A ruling on the ordef is expectedFriday morning.
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