Rep. John Rogers (D-Birmingham) believes Attorney General Troy King said “what needed to be said” an hour ago. Rogers, who wrote a letter to King this week on behalf of the Black Legislative Caucus, tells me its time to “wait and see what the governor is going to do.”

King just advised Gov. Bob Riley and his gambling task force to consider a 3-step plan to address electronic bingo.  He calls the task force actions “questionable and expose our state to devastating liability.”  Read here.

Last night Gov. Riley’s spokesman said King lacked credibility on this issue.

Just released, a statement from Victoryland. In part, it states “the Governor and Mr. Tyson should follow the advice given to them by the State’s Attorney General and remove our property and our citizens from their lawless threats of arrest and destruction.”

It goes on to read “if the Governor and Mr. Tyson reject the advice… the citizens will know they are acting against the best interests of our State.”

“General King will then have to decide if he will do his job….stepping in and taking over the legal process which is clearly his right under the Constitution.”

During the news conference, King said he was not setting a timeline for the governor to respond to his comments.

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