The DeBary City Council has voted down a proposition that would allow the DeBary Town Center and Equestrian park being rezoned. The park was hoping that by being rezoned they would be allowed to bring in poker, which would give them more income.

The council voted 3-2 against the rezoning as they didn’t want the horse track and poker room to come to their small city. Those that opposed it said that the poker and horse gambling would lead to more crime and traffic, and they felt that the city had not really taken everything into consideration when making the proposal.

Mayor George Coleman said that the safety of the roads was his main concern, and then the crime that he felt would stem from the poker. Both sides of the poker issue have been at war over it, with the Daytona Beach Kennel Club putting up billboards calling the poker room a casino and launching websites against the proposal.

They would have been the poker room’s biggest competitor and it is obvious that they wanted people to keep coming to their establishment to do any gambling that they might desire. They have been working for months to keep the poker room out, and they said that they were pleased with the outcome of the vote.

They would have also brought in a hotel, shopping, various restaurants, etc. to bring more income to the town – but they said that they weren’t interested in the price that would ultimately have to be paid for that additional income.