Apr 17, 2009
BINGO, Next Chapter
The Alabama Supreme Court issued a stay of Judge Mark Kennedy's order involving the White Hall Entertainment complex, but just what that means is up for debate. WSFA-TV in Montgomery reported it means the Governor's Task Force can raid the place again because the stay means "everything goes back to where it was before Kennedy;s order", but the Birmingham News story linked above indicates it means David Barber can keep the machines and money he seized for the time being, but doesn't mention the possibility of another raid.
[UPDATE: An AP story in the Montgomery Advertiser this morning indicates the raid is possible, but quotes a White Hall lawyer:"I don't think it would be (a) smart thing or a fair thing to do."]
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I hope the White Hall owner sues Barber and others (the governmental officials) for lost revenue.
ReplyDeleteDothanfirst.com had this rather telling paragraph concerning David Barber's assertion that "If the machine is a slot machine presently, is easily adaptable or is readily adaptable to become a slot machine it's a slot machine.""An employee of IGT in Reno, NV, which designs and builds gaming devices, says the machines are Class II bingo machines and are not slot machines. The worker asked no to be identified by name since they are not authorized to speak for IGT."
http://dothanfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=55211
Barber's assertion is utterly absurd! It'd be like claiming, if it is a chicken presently, is easily adaptable or is readily adaptable to become a chicken, it's a chicken."
Why didn't he instead say, "if it's a slot machine, it's a slot machine?"
Some firearms can be "easily adaptable" to become fully automatic firearms. However, they were not made that way by the manufacturer, nor were they sold as such.
David Barber = Idiot