We’ve got trouble, my friends, right here in River City. That’s trouble with a capital “T” — and that rhymes with “C” and that stands for Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati (not to mention Toledo). With apologies to whomever wrote the lyrics for “The Music Man,” we really do have a problem here in the Ohio Valley — and throughout West Virginia. The “T” also rhymes with “G” — and that stands for gambling. For years I personally and this newspaper in its editorial columns have suggested that at some point, the sky probably would fall regarding our state’s reliance on revenue from legalized gambling. It was nice — from a revenue standpoint, at least — when we had a monopoly on widespread video gambling, then full-scale casinos. That is over. Pennsylvania already has slots casinos. Because Ohio voters approved Issue 3 in the Tuesday election, the Buckeye State probably will have table gambling casinos in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo within two years. Can tens of thousands of street-corner mini-casinos with slot machines be far behind? Kentucky’s governor is urging that his state follow Ohio’s lead. Slots parlors are expanding in Maryland. We’re nearly surrounded. Our area will suffer directly more than any other region of West Virginia. Two of the state’s four racetracks are here. They provide a big boost to the local economy, including hundreds of jobs. But many of the “players” at our casinos are from Ohio and Pennsylvania.