Counties Can't Rely On Ace?In the Hole: Gaming Grants

Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › July 15, 2010

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Imagine that you spent $5,000 on a business trip with the expectation that you'd be reimbursed for your expenses. Then imagine being told you're not getting that money after all.

That's how a number of local government and nonprofit officials in El Paso and Teller counties felt last year, when they learned they weren't going to get their anticipated allotment of gaming- impact grant money from the state. The money, generated by a state tax on gaming revenue, is supposed to help reimburse communities for the negative effects of gaming.

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Counties Can't Rely On Ace?In the Hole: Gaming Grants

Teller County officials laid off four deputies. Social-service agencies cut back. El Paso County dug into its general fund to cough up $204,586...

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