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The polls closed at 7:30pm, and the results have been tallied for today’s election.
Issue 1 (Third Frontier) has passed
Issue 2 (Casino Relocation) has passed
Democratic endorsements won include Lee Fisher for US Senate and Charleta Tavares for Ohio Senate District 15. Republican endorsements won include Jon Husted for Secretary of State, David Yost for Auditor, Steven Stivers for Congress District 15.
Grandview, Worthington, Marysville, London and Pataskala all passed their income tax levies.
And last but not least… Studio 35 got their liquor license approved to be allowed to serve wine and cocktails.
Full results can be found at vote.franklincountyohio.gov.
It was almost a givin that the Casino would move to the west side. I still think the casino should stay in the Arena District which is an entertainment area, it would only add something exciting to the downtown area.. Downtown missed out on something big.
I don’t know if it necessarily missed out on something big. Downtown Columbus will thrive off of being a diverse, mixed-use, urban neighborhood…not a random casino that adds zero significant cultural, architectural, or livable attraction to the area. IMO.
Honestly, the biggest reason I voted for the move was because I was afraid it’d kill all the bars/restaurants in the AD.
The Arena District shuts down during the week after 11 or so unless a concert is going on. The casino would only keep the entertainment district a 24 hour place..Oh well Its already said and done…maybe when we add another casino down the road it can be centrally located. I love going to the casino in downtown Pittsburgh, it makes the visit much more fun!
Urbanboi: Is that even possible? I thought the constitution was changed back in November so that these 4 casinos would be the only allowed in the state, ever, unless the constitution is changed again.
swanpkitty – and this all just shows us how easily the constitution can be changed…so who knows what might lie in the future of Ohio gambling…
Well we’ve shown pretty clearly that the state Constitution is up for grabs on a semi-annual basis. So I guess anything is possible now.
That’s why I would have been more satisfied (in November) with an amendment that just legalized gambling in Ohio (in general), leaving the zoning for such up to each individual city. I voted no back in November (and not because I’m opposed to gambling – I grew up in South Jersey, where sometimes the best you could hope for as far as blue collar work was a casino job in Atlantic City), because I didn’t think a casino was right for Columbus (i.e. we had the Arena District’s back). Sad to see that we got sold out by the very people we supported 7 months ago. Curious to see if Stand Up Columbus stays involved at all, since they made such a heroic effort at getting it moved out of their own backyard and into ours.
What ideally should have happened is Ohio lawmakers step up to the plate and get the state more involved in the planning and implementation, rather than leaving it up to private businesses to come and write the rules themselves.