If not today, when? Senate President Pro Tem Rodger Smitherman (D-Birmingham) says he wants e-Bingo handled in the Senate before Spring Break, which is two weeks away. Smitherman dismisses critics saying this is a matter of…. wait for it…. jobs. Watch the full interview here.
Sen. Priscilla Dunn (D-Bessemer) has been one of those involved in [...]
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Let’s begin with the Democrats for governor.
Congressman Artur Davis rolls out his economic plan with stops across the state today. He began this morning in Montgomery with a pledge for tax credits and incentives to boost education, jobs and economic development.
Ag Commissioner Ron Sparks couldn’t escape the weekend without two more newspapers calling for further [...]
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A new Ask Alabama poll from Auburn University says 68% support a lottery and 60% back video gambling to boost state budgets and education spending.
Details, the questions and methodology can be viewed here.
Supporters of a constitutional amendment dealing with electronic bingo will count votes over the weekend, leading up to Tuesday’s session. Sen. Hank Erwin [...]
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Who came out on top in Alabama politics this week?
Attorney General Troy King faces many fronts at the end of this week.
First, his much-talked about announcement Wednesday about his authority over the governor’s anti-gambling task force was quickly dismissed by task force commander John Tyson.
Now, Legislative Black Caucus chairman Rep. John Rogers complains King is [...]
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Busy day on the topic of electronic bingo.
You can watch Attorney General Troy King’s newser here.
You can watch Task Force commander and Mobile District Attorney John Tyson’s response here.
Read more of Rick Journey’s blogs here.
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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 [...]
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Cumberland School of Law dean and former federal magistrate John Carroll says Troy King’s news conference today could set up one heckuva constitutional debate over the powers of the governor and attorney general.
Carroll considered the options this morning on FOX6 News Good Day Alabama. Watch here.
The AG’s office won’t provide any more information before the [...]
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Track 1: Legal
The 7-2 decision in the Alabama Supreme Court gives the governor’s task force on illegal gambling a clear edge in the legal battle over electronic bingo.
The court’s decision Thursday (view here) led Gov. Bob Riley and his task force commander, John Tyson, to declare raids will continue. Watch Riley and Tyson comments here.
Track [...]
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Bradley Byrne says job creation, not gaming, is the number one issue in Alabama.
The Mobile Republican is campaigning on his jobs plan in the Birmingham metro today.
Still, he admits the current electronic bingo debate is a dominant topic on the trail.
This morning on FOX6 News Good Day Alabama, Byrne declared “gaming is not the answer [...]
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Birmingham attorney J. Mark White echoes his client, Milton McGregor’s commercial, saying “come join us.”
White says the legal brouhaha brought on by the Governor’s Task Force on Illegal Gambling is bogus.
“They know Victoryland is legal…. they understand the only way to come in and take the equipment is for them to act in an illegal [...]
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