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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By Bob Howell – WSFA 12 News Anchor – Montgomery, AL
Here in the WSFA 12 Newsroom, we got the first hint that something was up at Victoryland/Quincy’s 777 early on the evening of Thursday January 29th. A raid on the state’s largest bingo operation? Nah. The Illegal Gambling Task Force had its Supreme Court test case in [...]
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By Bob Howell – WSFA 12 News Anchor, Montgomery, AL -
in an opinion released today, the Alabama Supreme Court says electronic bingo is illegal in St. Clair County. The governor’s Illegal Gambling Task Force had assisted St. Clair County’s sheriff who had resisted attempts to open a bingo operation. Here is the governor’s reaction to [...]
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Rapid response on the latest volley in the electronic bingo wars (though no response faster than the TRO secured by Milton McGregor as troopers waited to raid Victoryland). Read the story of this morning’s events here.
Democratic candidate Ron Sparks campaign released a statement calling the attempted task force raid “an outrageous waste” of state resources [...]
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Posted by Bob Howell WSFA 12 News Anchor, Montgomery, AL
Attorney General candidate Luther Strange weighs in on gambling issue and the role of the current AG. His press release released 1/13/10
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala– Requests by leaders in Houston County for attorney general Troy King to litigate the legality of electronic bingo machines at Dothan’s Country [...]
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Dr. Natalie Davis wasn’t surprised at all at Gov. Bob Riley’s upbeat view of state finances.
“He’s typically optimistic, very Reaganesque,” says the Birmingham Southern College professor of political science.
A little posturing may have been playing into the speech as well as the governor suggested to the Alabama legislature that the “doom and gloom” of state [...]
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