Group to oppose Ohio casino ballot issue

COLUMBUS (AP) — A political committee has formed to wage a campaign against a ballot issue that seeks to allow casinos in Ohio’s major cities.

TruthPAC, billed as a bipartisan campaign, said today that economic development claims made by the Ohio Jobs and Growth Committee to push the casino proposal are overblown.

TruthPAC Director Scott Kozar says the plan to allow casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo won’t create 34,000 jobs or pay an average of $33,000 per job, as claimed.

He also says there’s no guarantee all the casinos will be built if the measure passes.

Charlie Luken, chairman of the Ohio Jobs and Growth Committee, says TruthPAC isn’t telling the truth. Luken says the committee never tried to hide that some of the jobs would be temporary construction jobs, for example.