THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, January 22, 1995 TAG: 9501200035
SECTION: COMMENTARY PAGE: J4 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 28 lines
In Virginia, casino gambling is up for vote again. Do we really need it in our community, and what will it bring?
It will create some jobs - dealers, bartenders, waitresses, bouncers and security guards. But these are not the kind of jobs we need for our future.
Casino gambling brings in organized crime, increased alcohol problems, prostitution, theft, drug dealers, forgery, suicide and homicide.
Look at every gambling city in our country. Almost every type of crime has drastically increased.
Gambling produces destruction. Ask those who have lost it all because they couldn't say ``No.'' It also affects the lives of innocent children whose parents are compulsive gamblers.
Call your delegate and express your views!
ROCKY ROACH
Chesapeake, Jan. 15, 1995 by CNB