Central IL towns weigh gambling cashflow pros and cons – WCIA (Champaign)

“Me being against gamblers is one thing, but I can’t be against gambling for the mere fact that it creates a cash flow that benefits the people of Tilton,” Mayor Bill Wear said. “You take the extra money we have, we now have a full-time police force — whereas before, we had two full-time guys and a bunch of part-time guys...We have a semi-full time ambulance service. And that was all generated by tax dollars and more than being gambling revenue.”