The results of local elections for Housing Authority in Canton, Ohio are resting on, among other issues, the fate of bingo. Controversy stirred in the Ohio town last summer, after the current Housing authority voted to rid itself of. The group most maddened, and perhaps most affected by the decision, is Canton's senior citizen constituency.

One member of this community, Ron Grinnell, decided to take action, joining together with three others in hiring a lawyer. Grinnell was also inspired to join the race for Housing Authority chairman. Although bingo has been reinstated at several of the city's senior citizen housing centers, only residents of the actual complexes may play there. Grinnell has promised to give more attention to seniors' quality of life issues, including bingo, if elected.

Grinnell has been quoted as saying that the Housing Authority needs to provide not only the actual physical shelter of housing for senior citizens, but also to ensure that their social and spiritual needs are met.