Proposition 68 backers end campaign, pursue lawsuit

[Kadie]

Proposition 68 backers end campaign, pursue lawsuit
DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, October 6, 2004


(10-06) 18:44 PDT SACRAMENTO (AP) --

Backers of Proposition 68 dropped their campaign Wednesday to persuade voters to pass a ballot initiative that would end Indian tribes' slot machine monopoly and expand gambling at horse tracks and card rooms.

Supporters concluded they would lose at the polls Nov. 2 despite spending $24 million, including $12 million on television advertising, said Rick Baedeker, chairman of the Fair Share for California campaign.

"It got totally muddled. It got totally confused," said Baedeker, who also is president of Hollywood Park racetrack.

The initiative's supporters, operators of card rooms and race tracks, will concentrate instead on a lawsuit to block Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from signing new gambling agreements with tribes, a suit the state treasurer says may delay $1 billion in state borrowing.


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[davidinalameda]

1. I voted for it

just sent in my absentee ballot