To All Advocates: The Ohio Council of Churches has joined with the United Methodist Church to strongly oppose the so-called Learn and Earn Ballot Issue. As most of you know, they have consistently tried to hide the fact that the funds for their college tuition is derived from the losses of Ohio families at slot machines at racetracks and casinos in Cleveland. They also fail to make voters aware that the owners of the casinos and racetracks will get 61% of the money and the scholarships only 30-%. The VANTAGE coalition has been created to take contributions and to lead a grassroots effort to defeat this initiative. Every week we will send out a different message as to why voters should oppose this issue and we hope that you will share it with your email list. Thanks, Tom _______________