Marylanders will finally vote on the long-debated slot machine referendum at the polls tomorrow. Peter Franchot, the outspoken Maryland State Comptroller and an opponent of slots, answers the tough question, "Why not slots?" With the state facing an estimated budget shortfall of up to a billion dollars in the next year, why shouldn't Marylanders opt for the revenue promise that slot machines would bring? If the measure fails, there will likely be budget battles in Annapolis brought on by the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in slots proceeds. And the warnings about the demise of thoroughbred racing will persist.