Gambling-plank-Wheaton

==Source==
* Press Release at Politics PA from March, 2006
717-475-8062
==Wheaton Calls for Gambling Law Repeal==
===Offers Challenge in New Radio Ad===
LANCASTER [03.27.06] - Republican State Senate candidate and East Hempfield
Township Supervisor Heidi Wheaton is calling for a full repeal of the 2004
legislation legalizing slot machine gambling in radio ads which began airing
today. In a: 60 ad entitled, "Where there's a will," Wheaton asks listeners
to "stand with me in the fight to repeal the gambling bill."
The spot, recorded in Wheaton's own voice, said "The reality is that
Pennsylvania taxpayers will pay millions to manage the negative price tag
that always accompanies gambling." "Keeping places like Lancaster or
Gettysburg slots-free is worth fighting for," said Wheaton.
Wheaton said the time for a repeal bill "couldn't be better." "People now
know that slots have nothing to do with property tax reform. They now know
the plain truth about the connection between gambling expansion and the tens
of thousands of dollars that flowed into campaign checking accounts. This
was a bad deal when it was passed, and it's getting worse."
Wheaton says she believes the "obvious political obstacles" that accompany
her proposed repeal of Act 71, the law authorizing slots at racetracks and
14 new casino locations, can be overcome. "Legislators proved this year
that public pressure to repeal the pay raise was able to reverse the
prediction of every political pundit. Political reality changes when
informed, passionate citizens get involved."
Wheaton said the legislature could "erase many of the negative opinions that
followed the pay raise by putting a gambling repeal bill on the agenda."
The complete radio ad can be heard at Wheaton's online "webquarters,"
Lancaster Values.com.
Wheaton