Governor Ted Kulongoski

"In Oregon, we are paying a price for our heavy dependence on gambling.
Our 12-year-old lottery has helped create a rapidly expanding
betting market in which gambling drives public policy,
not the other way around.

There are social costs, too,
but we haven't assessed them because we failed to conduct any studies. A state task force has now recommended that we create an independent gambling council to help us make better decisions than we did a dozen years ago.

Until then, perhaps other states can learn from our mistakes."

Who Said That?

Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski

When Gambling Calls the Shots, 10/5/96, New York Times
Theodore R. Kulongoski, as Oregon Attorney General