Alexandria Councilman Canek Aguirre released the following statement on Governor Abigail Spanberger’s veto of legislation that would legalize skill games:
"I applaud and thank Governor Spanberger for her veto of Senate Bill 661. I started sounding the alarm during my first term and consistently asked our state legislators for updates as to the status of these machines because there’s no two ways about it - skill games are predatory and consistently placed in lower-income neighborhoods. You never saw these machines going into country clubs or boutique spas and there’s a reason why.”
In January, Aguirre sent a letter to the Virginia Senate General Laws and Technology Subcommittee in opposition to SB661 on behalf of the City of Alexandria.
Councilman Canek Aguirre Statement on Governor Spanberger's Veto of Skill Games Bill
