State Senate Gaming Committee Meets This Week In Escambia County

November 11, 2013

The Florida Senate Gaming Committee will meet this week in Escambia County.

During the 2014 Legislative Session, the Senate will seek to replace Florida’s current makeshift gaming structure with an overall comprehensive approach to gambling related policy.  The face of gambling has dramatically transformed over the last 25 years with casinos, the state lottery and “Internet cafes” emerging.  However, officials say Florida’s approach to taxation and regulation of the industry has not kept up.

In preparation, the Gaming Committee will conduct its next workshop in Pensacola on November 14 to listen to the views of citizens in the Panhandle.  In particular, the committee is interested in the public’s reaction to the “Florida Gambling Impact Study,” which was commissioned by the legislature earlier in the year.  Understanding the local views and perspective is paramount to making sound public policy decisions that will impact our communities for generations.   [Download study copy here.]

The Florida Senate Gaming Committee, chaired by Senator Garrett Richter (R-Naples), will meet in Pensacola on Thursday, November 14,  from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the WSRE-TV Jean & Paul Amos Performance Studio, 1000 College Boulevard.

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One Response to “State Senate Gaming Committee Meets This Week In Escambia County”

  1. David Huie Green on November 12th, 2013 6:28 pm

    Notice how they named it a Gaming committee?
    That is a way to NOT call it a Gambling committee, to bypass objections to the impoverishment caused by gambling.

    Games are fun.

    Gambling leads to hungry children and addictions.

    People should be free to do stupid things but it would be nice if they were honest about what those things are.

    David for truth in advertising
    and elsewhere

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