Will Lynx gamble on bus ads for Powerball? Lottery ads vs. revenue tests Lynx scruples
SANFORD - Lynx might hit the jackpot.
Bus agency officials say a Florida Lottery advertising firm has inquired about promoting a new multistate drawing on public buses.
Transportation officials said the possibility of lottery advertising could patch some budget problems. But family-values advocates say it is immoral to prey on lower-income riders who use Lynx to get to work.
According to an April study, more than a third of Lynx riders earn less than $15,000 a year.
"I will not support it," Lynx board Chairman Carlton Henley said. "I can't support advertising gambling or alcohol. I think that's morally wrong."
Henley, a Seminole County commissioner, shot down Anheuser-Busch's attempt to advertise its beer and theme parks on Lynx's buses earlier this year. Fellow board members followed suit.
Even such financial woes aren't enough to justify ads for immoral behavior, said Dennis Baxley, executive director of the Christian Coalition of Florida. He said advertising for Powerball would be "perpetuating false hopes."
"This type of program will prey on the people who can afford it the least," Baxley said. "Visit your nearest convenience store and see who's buying lottery tickets."
When I read a story like this, it just re-affirms my beliefs about how naive, ignorant, arrogant and stupid people are. Stories like this make me want to "throw up".
Here YOU have two pompous righteous brain washed idiots spewing some of the most ignorant crap I have ever heard. First of all, "NO ONE elected YOU to your position to regulate anyones morals Carlton Henley! Your job is to make sure the buses keep running and Lynx operates efficiently. Yeah, it's morally wrong to advertise "gambling", but, it's not morally wrong to take away peoples only mode of transportation for your moralistic bs. Is it morally wrong for kids to go to school and get educated with "lottery" money? Didn't think so. It's jerks like YOU that have this country so screwed up.
Dennis Baxley, executive director of the christian coalition of Florida, needs to stop talking about immoral behavior in a scenario that has nothing to do with his immoral operation. Yeah Dennis, YOU and all your other religious hustlers out there need to check your deeds. Perpetuating the biggest myth on this planet, religion that is, is major immoral behavior.
Maybe these two losers can start a "car pool" for all the people who need bus service and can no longer get it. For the rest of this story, go to Will Lynx gamble on bus ads for Powerball? Lottery ads vs. revenue tests Lynx
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