THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, November 21, 1994 TAG: 9411190002
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A8 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 28 lines
It is unbelievable that Robert Shaw could paint such a rosy picture of riverboat gaming (letter, Nov. 14).
I just returned from Biloxi, Miss., having gone there to visit a relative - not to gamble.
I see nothing good in people throwing their money away in that manner.
Pawn shops have sprung up and crime is up.
The traffic is non-stop through town.
Riverboat gaming has really ruined a nice little Southern town.
Virginia has the lottery. That is enough.
I am not a Virginia resident, and I don't care what the states does. But I believe Virginians should be wise enough not to let the fictitious figures fool them. It sounds good, but it isn't.
JEAN E. CARLSON
Elizabeth City, N.C., Nov. 15, 1994 by CNB