Now that the legislature has been unable to reach agreement on the Bingo question, we can all wait for the raids to resume. The former workers at White Hall and Dothan and Shorter and Bessemer can continue to collect unemployment. And the people who had invested millions can start finding other places to take their businesses.
And the entire affair is a loose-loose for Alabama.
Will voters punish anyone in November for this mess? Those who were allegedly involved in vote buying?
Governor Riley won't take the fall, since he's leaving office. Most of the GOP candidates for Governor opposed Bingo, though some with much less fervor than Riley. The two Democrats have taken pro-gaming positions. And 140 Legislative seats in the House and Senate are in question too.
Conventional wisdom says it's easier to kill a bill than pass it, and that's what happened.
Conventional wisdom doesn't say much about the fallout in the General Election.
Lovely...one and possibly four more years of this bingo garbage. That means four more years of nothing worthwhile passing the house and senate and everything getting bogged down because some folks are afraid of the eternal damnation of others souls for dropping quarters in a machine.
ReplyDeleteThis state and the majority of voters and elected officials are complete idiots. As long as Alabamians vote based on who can out Jesus, out anti-gay, and out pro-gun their opponent then we will always be like this and we deserve the government we get.