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Osborne Joins Anti-Gambling Coalition
Message was posted: 02:33 Jul 18th, 2006

User: RoyalFlush Rank: Member Casino Gold: 2710CG Contributor rating: 7080 Status: Offline And isn't it a hallmark of a free society that we don't outlaw otherwise inoffensive vices simply because some people harm themselves? - LA Times Editorial

Gambling news from http://www.chron.com/ LINCOLN, Neb. — U.S. Rep. Tom Osborne joined a coalition Monday fighting plans to expand gambling in Nebraska. Osborne, who lost the GOP gubernatorial nomination to Gov. Dave Heineman in May, joined forces with Gambling With the Good Life. The anti-gambling group most recently helped defeat two ballot initiatives in 2004 to allow casino gambling in Nebraska. One effort to allow casino gambling is mired in the courts this year. A lawsuit filed last week by Greg Lemon, of The Committee for Better Schools and More Jobs in Nebraska Inc., challenges Secretary of State John Gale's decision to not allow the question on the November ballot. Gale said the casino measure violates the state constitution's limit on submitting similar ballot proposals more than once in three years. Nebraskans voted down two casino plans in November 2004 _ one touted by Las Vegas casino interests and the other by the Legislature. Even though details of the new proposal differ from past ones, Gale considered it more of the same. Lemon's committee sponsored a package of three petitions that would allow one casino in each of the state's three congressional districts. Another initiative will ask voters to approve video keno.