Opinion: Non-Indian slot initiative a bad idea

Thursday, April 15, 2004  

"If Tim Eyman were king — now there's a frightening thought — Washingtonians hankering to play electronic slot machines would not have to drive 35 minutes to the nearest Indian casino. They could travel a shorter distance to a tavern, restaurant, bowling alley or cardroom where they would find a cluster of flashy new electronic gambling devices.

His vision, if that is the right term, is to reduce the state property tax and pay for the resulting budgetary slam on public schools by doubling the number of electronic gaming machines in Washington."

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Joni Balter: Eyman's new tax-cut scheme is too much of a gamble (The Seattle Times 4/15)