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UD grad leads anti-casino campaign
University of Dayton graduate Scott Kozar will direct the campaign to defeat Ohio’s four-casino ballot proposal.
Kozar, will be director of “TruthPAC”, a political action committee “that will counter the exaggerated claims put forth by casino supporters,” according to a press release.
He will direct a “bi-partisan campaign team,” the release said. The release questioned claims by the Ohio Jobs and Growth Committee, the pro-casino group, on potential job creation and economic investment.
Kozar is the Washington, D.C.-based senior vice president at Fletcher, Rowley, Riddle (“FRR”), an advertising and campaign consulting firm.
Sandy Theis, TruthPAC spokeswoman, said the PAC included a “large, diverse” group of people. MTR Gaming Group, Inc., which lost a court fight aimed at keeping the issue off the Nov. 3 ballot, is expected to help finance the new effort, said Theis.
The ballot proposal asks voters to approve casinos in Toledo, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus. Penn National Gaming of Wyomissing, Pa. and Dan Gilbert, majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, are financial backers of the casino plan.
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By treydoran
October 31, 2009 6:10 PM | Link to this
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By JIM
August 12, 2009 11:49 AM | Link to this
WE NEED CASINOS BECAUSE ALL OF THE STATES SURROUNDING US ARE RAKING IN GOOD MONEY. WHEN WILL OHIO GET ITS HEAD OUT OF THE SAND?
By OhButch64
August 7, 2009 7:03 AM | Link to this
Of course, I like gambling at the casinos but I don’t want the casino to be built in downtown Columbus but I prefer putting slot machines at the horse racings. I am commuting to work from Dayton via I-670 where the casino will be built nearby that I am very concerned about the traffic forth and back, please vote NO on this ballot but just vote YES for the horse racings!