Pennsylvania voters have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to cast their ballots in the primary election, including in the Republican race for the 48th District state Senate seat.Incumbent Chris Gebhard is facing challenger Clovis Crane in the district, which includes all of Lebanon County and parts of Lancaster and Berks counties. One of the key issues in the race is how the state should regulate and tax skill games.Crane said he supports regulation and taxation, but not at a level he believes would hurt local communities.”Senate Bill 756 is too large of a tax hike on the games of skill,” Crane said. “Those skill games, they need regulation, and they need taxation, but not so much to where the money doesn’t stay in the communities where it’s raised.” Gebhard said the bigger issue is first establishing a clear regulatory framework for the industry. “We need to find what a regulation looks like for that whole industry,” Gebhard said. “The tax rate is really just a starting point or whatever that conversation should be. There’s been proposals presented that range anywhere from 16 percent all the way up to 52 percent.” LINK: Pennsylvania Voter Guide
Pennsylvania voters have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to cast their ballots in the primary election, including in the Republican race for the 48th District state Senate seat.
Incumbent Chris Gebhard is facing challenger Clovis Crane in the district, which includes all of Lebanon County and parts of Lancaster and Berks counties.
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Chris Gebhard and Clovis Crane
One of the key issues in the race is how the state should regulate and tax skill games.
Crane said he supports regulation and taxation, but not at a level he believes would hurt local communities.
“Senate Bill 756 is too large of a tax hike on the games of skill,” Crane said. “Those skill games, they need regulation, and they need taxation, but not so much to where the money doesn’t stay in the communities where it’s raised.”
Gebhard said the bigger issue is first establishing a clear regulatory framework for the industry.
“We need to find what a regulation looks like for that whole industry,” Gebhard said. “The tax rate is really just a starting point or whatever that conversation should be. There’s been proposals presented that range anywhere from 16 percent all the way up to 52 percent.”
LINK: Pennsylvania Voter Guide