Montgomery, AL – Electronic bingo legislation is not on the Alabama Senate's work agenda despite dueling rallies on the issue at the Statehouse.
Senate Rules Committee Chairman Lowell Barron said Tuesday he did not put the bill on the Senate's work agenda for the day because talks are still going on. He said he has told supporters that he will put the bill on the Senate's work agenda when they assure him they have the 21 votes needed for passage.
The Senate convened Tuesday as casino opponents and proponents held rallies outside the Statehouse. One of the partners in the closed Country Crossing complex at Dothan, entertainer Darryl Worley, said he got involved because the project was providing good-paying jobs until it closed because of an attempted raid by the governor's gambling task force.
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