It's the season when people are outside the post office or the grocery store with their petitions and promises. There is one proposal in particular you need to know about.

It promises to deliver more state funding for things we care about. But the petition circulators don't tell you the whole story:

• The proposal calls for 7 new casinos all owned by just one company that no one has ever heard of before now.
• The proposal takes away the right of local communities to vote on whether to allow a casino to be built.
• The proposal is loaded with loopholes. It's the Lottery flim-flam all over again.
• And the proposal gives a tiny number of people constitutionally-guaranteed casino licenses.

If someone asks you to sign this petition, you should steer clear. Don't sign away your right to vote -- and don't write so many loopholes into the constitution.