Hinsdale businessman Adam Andrzejewski will repeal Illinois' legalization of video gambling machines in bars and restaurants across the state if elected governor.

"It is bad public policy," Andrzejewski said during a Thursday taping of At Issue on WBBM 780AM. "It wasn't vetted by the people."

Andrzejewski is one of seven Republicans on the Feb. 2 primary ballot for governor, and several of his opponents have also criticized the massive gambling expansion plan signed into law by Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn this summer to help pay for $31 billion in road, school and transit projects.

DuPage County Chairman Bob Schillerstrom of Naperville has made opposing the so-called video poker machines a cornerstone of his early campaign on the Republican side. State Sen. Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale also says he isn't happy with the expansion even though he voted for it to spur job creation.

The addition of about 45,000 legalized gambling machines in as many as 15,000 bars, truck stops, clubs and liquor-serving restaurants is expected to bring in up to $400 million to the state, which will receive about one quarter out of every dollar lost betting in the slotlike machines.

Andrzejewski said he will make repeal of the law a priority if elected and in order to do that he plans to stop funding for road, school or transit improvements backed by the gambling expansion. The measure signed by Quinn also uses liquor tax increases and expanding the lottery to the Internet, among other things, to fund the projects.

Andrzejewski, who has never held public office, railed against officeholders in the state for consistently turning to tax increases or gambling expansion to raise cash instead of looking to cut programs and weed out corruption.

"It is wrong," he said.

More than two dozen communities around Illinois, including many suburbs, have moved to ban video gambling before the Illinois Gaming Board can draft rules to regulate the expansion. That could take up to a year.

The At Issue program airs at 9:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Sunday on WBBM 780AM.