Bush has served on the board
of No Casinos, a group that organized in the late 1990s to fight casinos in
Florida and when he took office as governor of Florida, he said, "I am opposed to casino gambling in this
state, and I am opposed whether it is on Indian property or otherwise,"
Bush told the Tampa Bay Times in 1999. Bush also threatened to sue to prevent
gambling in the state."
CAGE caught up with Bush in South Carolina and
asked what he thinks about gambling expansion. Ellen Marley Yates recently
attended an Anderson County Town Hall with former Governor Bush at Dyar’s Diner
in Pendleton, South Carolina on January 8, 2016. Ellen was able to ask Gov.
Bush, if he was in favor of gambling and what if those dollars went to fixing
the roads? Bush told us that he “hates gambling" even though he comes from
a gambling state, and that he believes government should not use gambling money
or rely on gaming revenue for government programs. He states that in
government, there is always a problem in estimating the revenue from gambling
and says that “In my opinion, it creates false hope."
Click on the video below to see Bush's complete
answer.
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