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It looks like the backers of Guam’s proposal B are
still pursuing bringing slot machines to the Guam Greyhound Raceway. In the
November 2006 elections the citizens of Guam decided that Prop B didn’t have
enough incentives for the island to risk bringing in the highly addictive
and controversial slot machines. Many felt that the owners of the slot
machines were not giving a fair percentage of the slots revenue back to the
community and the state to combat addictions and help the rest of the
island.
The primary and general elections are currently on appeal in Guam so perhaps
once the issue goes before the Guam Supreme Court the decision could be
reversed, but for now the original backers of the proposal are not giving on
up the slot machines issue—and they have certainly sweetened the deal for
residents with added incentives.
The slot machines are now being presented as a way to bring jobs to Guam and
not just jobs, but the backers are asserting that the jobs the bring will
pay workers highly competitive wages—as much as a 50 percent increase over
the current minimum wage. The new act that could force voters to make
another decision about slot machines is titled “The Better Jobs for Guam
Act” and the backer, Annette M. Cruz of Tamuning is hoping this new slant on
the slot machines initiative could convince voters that the slot machines
are worth the small price the community might pay in terms of slot machines
and gambling addictions.
But this new effort to bring in the slots to the Guam Greyhound is far from
finished—the act is still awaiting approval from the GEC, then the will have
to obtain the required number of signatures—all of this before the campaign
even begins again and far from when voters will have to chose once again if
they want slot machines at the Guam Greyhound.
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