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More Sniping at Last Gubernatorial Debate
(IRN) -- The major candidates for governor have found a new issue over which to bicker, even though they agree.

The issue is video gambling, which provides part of the funding for the capital program. Neither thinks it's a good idea. Gov. Pat Quinn said it was the two Republican caucus leaders in the General Assembly who insisted on it. Quinn said he went along, with the proviso that cities and counties would have the discretion to opt out, either be referendum or vote of their council. Many cities and counties have done so.

State Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington), the Republican, called video poker "the scourge of Illinois," and said Quinn should have stood up against it.

Video poker, authorized for restaurants, truck stops, taverns, veterans' halls and fraternal organizations with liquor licenses, is not yet up and running.

Quinn criticized Brady for voting for capital projects and showing up at ribbon cuttings, but voting against the mechanism to pay for them.

The two haggled over this and other issues in the final debate of the campaign, at the studio of WTTW-TV in Chicago . They spent much of the time arguing back and forth over the facts underpinning each other's budget plans, and whether the other had done unethical things.

(Illinois Radio Network)
10 29 10 by Newsroom
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