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Article: Political necessity led to slots turmoil Little-debated zoning provision has caused lots of debate in county
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- Maryland Gazette
- Article date:
- October 28, 2009
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Events that consumed only three minutes and occurred two years
ago planted the political vines asphyxiating the slot machine
process in Anne Arundel County.
For months, the County Council and the state's Video Lottery
Facility Location Commission have been in a stalemate over Cordish
Cos.' proposal to put 4,750 slots at Arundel Mills mall in Hanover.
The source of the problem is a provision that was inserted into
the slots constitutional amendment with little floor debate during
the 2007 special session. Because of 17 words, Cordish cannot just
get the state commission to approve a license, as the Baltimore firm
also needs zoning approved by the council.
"A video lottery facility shall ...