Health & Fitness

Jim Smith Comes Out For Question 7

The former Baltimore County Executive appears in a television commercial asking voters to vote in favor of expanded gambling in Maryland.

Former Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith has joined the list of current and former elected officials to throw support behind the referendum to expand gambling in Maryland.

Smith appears in the latest (but it's hard to keep track) commercial in favor of Question 7.

Smith can be seen standing in what appears to be an elementary school hallway with a primary color-painted mural backdrop endorsing the effort and asking for voters to join him in supporting the issue.

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"Marylanders can keep spending millions at casinos in other states or we can generate millions for our schools right here," Smith says in the commercial. [See the commercial here.]

Opponents argue that the law, if passed, would not result in additional spending on education.

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Other elected officials to appear in commercials for the referendum include Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker and Gov. Martin O'Malley.

Smith was not immediately available to comment for this post.

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