Once again Jefferson County Circuit Judge Houston Brown came to Greene County to conduct a hearing on the legality of seizure of electronic bingo machines. This time the defendant was Frontier Bingo and the arguments and precedences were basically the same as they were in the Greenetrack vs. State of Alabama hearing. Brown made it [...]
As one of his last official acts in office, former Alabama Governor Bob Riley transferred $7.9 million into Attorney General Troy King’s account. This money was part of the BP Oil Spill funds. According to the Attorney General’s Office, it planned to spend the money in FY 2011 and FY 2012 on salary, benefits and [...]
*Greenetrack and electronic bingo dominated the news, not only in Greene County, but also in most of Alabama in 2010. In 2009, the Eatman Alumni Association obtained a bingo license and entered into an agreement with Sidetrack LLC to open such an establishment. This quickly became a moot point when Alabama Governor Bob Riley established [...]
A combination of occurrences including the lack of funding from electronic bingo and lack of sufficient funding from the city and county governments has caused the much needed community service of E-911 to eliminate several staff positions. This agency is required by law to answer and dispatch for an emergency warranting a response in the [...]
Milton McGregor Senators James E. Preuitt, Quinton Ross, Jr., Harri Ann Smith and Larry Means Ronnie Gilley Federal agents descended on Alabama on Monday, October 4 and made a series of arrests in cases involving electronic bingo and alleged bribery and vote buying in the Alabama Legislature. According to a spokesman for the U. S. [...]
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