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Proposition A
By HENRY J. WATERS III, Publisher, Columbia Daily Tribune
Proposition A on the November ballot would repeal Missouri’s casino loss limit, prohibit additional gambling boats in the state and slightly increase the rate of taxation paid to the state, providing more money for state coffers but not necessarily for education, as promoters proclaim.
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