(Jamma) Voghera mobilizes to stop the slot machine. A motion will be discussed in the city council on July 10, while the world of volunteering prepares an awareness campaign for the autumn. At least three hundred machines in the city which divide the bartenders on whether to keep them or uninstall them.
«We have never kept the machines - say the sisters Maria and Clara Repetti, owners of the La Saletta bar in via Scarabelli - both for fear of thefts and for that of bad attendances. When they have offered us, we have always refused. We don't want to reduce ourselves to sleeping inside the room to prevent them from stealing or being forced to ask the police to intervene for some exaggerated person". Walter Merli manages two bars, one in via Marsala, the other in piazza Duomo. The former has slots, the latter does not. «I've never had any problems, nor am I afraid I have any - he explains - also because I know my clientele well, one can almost say that they are a select clientele. In any case, I always act in compliance with the rules, which I hold dear».
