Pennsylvania: Russ Diamond speaking in Philly today at noon

From press release
May 31, 2006 Email: media@russdiamond.org
Website: http://www.russdiamond.org/
Russ Diamond, Independent Candidate for Governor, has strongly condemned the usage of the words "Postage will be paid by addressee" on mailings designed by a slots applicant to be sent to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.
According to a spokesperson for the Gaming Control Board, "The Gaming Control Board did not pay for these postcards, is not paying for these postcards, and we are investigating right now to determine where they came from and who is paying for them…."
"It’s outrageous that a slots applicant is confusing citizens by implying they have an inside connection with the Gaming Board," said Diamond. "The level to which the gaming industry is willing to stoop is matched only by the level of deception of lawmakers who passed Act 71 in 2004 as sleight-of-hand, late night legislation in the first place - just like last year’s pay raise.”
According the Allentown Morning Call, the mailing was the brainchild of Jim Crounse of the Virginia-based Mack/Crounse Group, a direct mail consultancy firm working on behalf of Sands Bethworks Gaming.
“It comes as no surprise that the brains behind this misleading mailing have a long history of consulting on the campaigns of career politicians,” added Diamond. “Ed Rendell’s slots game is getting seedier all the time, and Lynn Swann is content with inheriting it. They’re both willing to gamble with Pennsylvania’s future.”
Diamond, who favors an immediate moratorium on all slots activity in Pennsylvania and a full repeal Act 71 – the bill which enabled expanding gaming - will be speaking at an anti-slots rally at Broad and Spring Garden Streets in Philadelphia on Thursday at noon.