Well i guess its time to talk about what on the Ballot

[GilpinGuy]

67 - 68 - NO; I think gambling ruined Blackhawk and Central City for everyone except the people who made their millions off it, those used to be neat towns too visit, now I won't go near them.

I'm glad to hear another NO here.

Black Hawk and Central City were neat, historic towns that folks drove through and said "Oh, neat!" before gaming. There was virtually no job opportunities to be had. BH and CC were almost literally ghost towns. Gilpin County was one of the poorest and saddest counties in CO before gaming was passed. Now, not so much.

I never went to Cripple Creek before gaming passed, so I have no clue about down there. I assume it was a similar situation.

ETA: I guess the moral to my story is that many people benefited from gaming up here, not just the "millionaire" owners.