Ill. Gov. Quinn won't say if he'll veto slots-at-tracks bill
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“We’ll take a look at it when it arrives,” said Quinn—a surprising answer, given that the provisions of the proposal have been publicly and hotly debated for more than a year now.
But he did hint in a press conference just now that he might be able to live with the gambling-expansion package if it were to include stronger ethics standards—something he could insert in the bill himself under Illinois’ system of amendatory vetoes.
The Legislature in its final hours before summer adjournment last night passed a measure that would in effect more than double Illinois’ current gambling industry.
The bill would allow slot machines at Fairmount Park in Collinsville and the state’s other horse racing tracks. It would also allow five new casinos to open in Illinois (including a first-ever Chicago casino), bringing the state’s total to 15, and would allow the existing casinos to expand.
Quinn has always had a tendency to answer direct questions with vague platitudes, and today was no exception. In his Statehouse news conference, he was asked several times if he would veto the bill, and several times he stepped around the question, talking about the need to stay focused on pension reform and the dangers of gaming expansion, but stopping short of announcing a veto.
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