The backers of a proposed casino in southwestern Ohio accuse their opponents of not playing fair, but they'll debate them nonetheless.
MyOhioNow.com, which is pitching the $600 million casino resort in a November constitutional amendment, accuses the Ohio Roundtable, which has led opposition to the current and past gambling campaigns, of taking money from rival gambling interests.
This morning, MyOhioNow.com issued a statement pointing out that the roundtable's president, David P. Zanotti, accepted contributions from bingo companies during the successful 1996 campaign to defeat riverboat gambling in Ohio.
MyOhioNow.com partner Rick A. Lertzman even went so far as to say he'd refuse to debate Zanotti or Ohio Roundtable Vice President Rob Walgate because he thinks the group has unclean hands on the gambling issue.
Zanotti and Walgate have denied that the roundtable or its campaign spinoff, Vote No Casinos, will take any gambling money during the current campaign.
For the complete story, please see The Daily Briefing, Casino backers criticize foes, will debate them anyway, The Columbus Dispatch, September 19, 2008.
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