Posted by dixiemomma (anonymous) on February 6, 2010 at 1:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Oh boy, the storm is coming.

Posted by kathystephens (anonymous) on February 6, 2010 at 1:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)

GO FLORALA!!!!!!

Posted by hammer1 (anonymous) on February 6, 2010 at 4:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I thought all of casinos were illegal. I guess the storm troopers will be in Florala in a few months

Posted by alabamachris (anonymous) on February 6, 2010 at 4:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

There was a bill introduced in the state legislature to have electronic bingo put on the ballet during the next election. If it passes the legislature we will get to vote on this issue in November and settle it, for a while at least. I doubt Florale can get anything done in that amount of time so they may be OK.

Posted by outlaw11 (anonymous) on February 6, 2010 at 5:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

All of this in Florala hinges on that term "non-profit" which is sometning that is not perused or stated in any of our amendments to the constituation...smart on the part of Florala's attorney...so, let's see how this plays out, MR RILEY and the lower than life Tyson. It is going to be fun to watch this and see how the "Riley Supreme Court" reacts when facing the need for a 'new' Amendment...oh, boy, do we see a vote coming? Non-profit is Federal and there will be a 'hay-day' awaking...who will come out on top? We will see...tune in later for an up date.

Posted by sonnybubbajunebugjohnson (anonymous) on February 6, 2010 at 7:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Good for Florala, Its nice to see someone in this county trying something to get jobs and revenue for the citizens,
it sure as hell isnt the county commission!

btw outlaw, what is the constituation? lol, sorry i had to be a smartazz :)

Posted by outlaw11 (anonymous) on February 6, 2010 at 7:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey, sonny', I was shootin' watka and I'm really tired of havin' to flash my 2 degrees to impress people...thanks for the "anglish" lesson...how is it spelled? Constitutional? Oh yeah, it does not matter...this matter is for the people and not for anyone else...but, I love smartmasses, am one, will always be one...if you think your crap don't think...walk up to a person who is a member of the Covington County Tea Party Patroits, present youself & your beliefs, you will be presented to a different way of life and you will be given a way to divert from your way as it stands now to the way we can be. Welcome to the Independent Party.

Posted by elwood (anonymous) on February 6, 2010 at 8:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

.thinking back...people in alabama have voted down gambling in this state once, and they will do it again.

Posted by calenem (anonymous) on February 7, 2010 at 12:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)

WATCH OUT HERE COMES BOB RILEY. HE NEEDS TO STAY AWAY AND LEAVE EVERYONE ALONE.

Posted by rlb1940 (anonymous) on February 7, 2010 at 5:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The little mayor person in Florala reminds me of the 'Yosemite Sam' cartoon character and the little lawyer guy does too. I can imagine them reading a 'proclomation' Monday at the annoucement about bingo with the charitable group being the group from "Opp, Alabama".....

Posted by winkie (anonymous) on February 7, 2010 at 8:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

If you can read and understand English then you will know Gambling is illegal in Alabama.

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 7, 2010 at 10:59 a.m. (Suggest removal)

winkie.....Well if thats the case someone should let the owners of the Wind Creek Casino in Atmore know about that.I was there a couple of weeks ago it was jam packed.Oh it appeared they were in the process of bringing in some new electronic bingo machines.Lol and there's nothing the GOOBERNUR can do about it.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 7, 2010 at 8:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

The way I understand the law the City of Florala will only be able to use the fees on charitable bingo for educational purposes.

Ten bucks says the silly gooses get shut down within a week of opening...

Another funny thing is that the County Commission will never in a million years approve the license for this mysterious group that is to be the apex of Florala's bingo.

This is what happens when people with no experience in government or the law get elected to office. Every single one of them are new. No wonder they're being so silly.

Posted by nwcorner (anonymous) on February 7, 2010 at 8:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

this state is so far behind and it seems like our government will fight tooth and nail against any means of bringing our state up to standards of the rest of the southeast. If they dont want the casino's money then stop being so greedy with theirs make some improvements

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 7, 2010 at 9:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

This silly "the laws don't apply to me" attitude is everywhere now.

The executive branch of government enforces the law.

The law says all of this is illegal no matter what sentiment the public has of gambling machines.

Until the legislature changes the law or they amend the constitution it's just the way things are.

Crazy bunch of lawless people...geez.

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 5:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)

knos wrote...."Crazy bunch of lawless people...geez". Uh five thousand people out of a job this morning,NOW THATS CRAZY.Lets see,sending over a hundred state trooper cars to a place without a search warrant costing tax payers thousands of dollars,NOW THATS CRAZY.Uh all the lawsuits that will come out of all this mess and cost tax payers,NOW THATS CRAZY.The GOOBERNUR for some strange reason raids Victoryland,when there have been electronic bingo machines for YEARS there,NOW THATS CRAZY.If you think the ONLY REASON the GOOBERNUR is doing all this because he believes electronic bingo to be illegal,Well lets just say,YOU WOULD BE CRAZY.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 5:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Any place with a liquor license can be searched without a warrant.

The raid you are talking about was stopped by a restraining order issued by the courts. If it weren't for that they would have been very successful.

The Governor doesn't have to believe they are illegal. The Supreme Court of Alabama decided that it was illegal according to the law the legislature passed. The Court interprets the law.

Personal sentiment doesn't trump the law.

This is a legislative issue. Call or write your congressman and senator about how you'd like gambling to be legal.

The Alabama Legislature could put those 5000 workers back to their jobs over night if they had the will to. People should be blaming them for writing crap legislation...not the Governor for enforcing law.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 5:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Usually when you do something this unpopular it's for a reason. This will finally settle the gambling issue for good in Alabama.

By the end of the year we'll get to vote on the matter and us voters will decide it's still illegal like we always do.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 5:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20...

Take a read there crazy lawless types.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 5:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20...

Now this is turning into some racial issue.

Life is grand huh? Nothing like playing the races against one another right?

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 6:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I have a question for all the anti gambling folks.The GOOBERNUR can't shut the Indians down.There will always be electronic bingo in Atmore and Wetumpka.I have heard the Indians have plans to build a huge hotel and casino just outside of Montgomery.Yes there will be electronic bingo in the casino.Why close down places like Victoryland and Country Crossing, when Atmore and Wetumpka are laughing all the way to the bank?

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 6:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Gambling is available to the people that want to is what lookeyhere has stated.

News flash to folks not in the know: the Indian Reservations aren't part of Alabama. They are their own little countries. Our law means nothing there.

The Indians deserve every penny they get from gambling. Our ancestors did after all take their land away by force or theft by deception to form our country and state.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 6:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Why close those places down?

The Supreme Court of Alabama has ruled that they are illegal according to the law passed by the Legislature of Alabama and the amendments to the Constitution of Alabama voted on by the People of Alabama.

That's why they are being shut down.

Posted by bluecollarguy (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 6:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

.....all this 'bingo' talk about this morning is to get you to 'look' the other way while a new tax is imposed at the same tiime at the County Commission meeting about school tax....

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 6:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Cynicalcollarguy strikes again! What fun...

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 8:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

So knos if the Indians wanted to have prostitutes working the parking lots and casino it would be legal? Now keep in mind what you stated "our laws mean nothing there". I promise you if they did have prostitutes on there payroll the State of Alabama would shut them down.

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 8:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)

knos wrote..."Our ancestors did after all take their land away by force or theft by deception to form our country and state" I agree with you on that. Uh newsflash I wasn't alive back then,I dindn't take nobody's land away from them.If we went by your logic we would be paying reparations out to everybody.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 8:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

lookeyhere is off on some red herring.

Smells fishy to me.

Gambling is illegal. The Governor is doing his job. It's up to the legislature and voters to decide the matter either in this session or in the elections in November.

Adieu!

Posted by Blondie58 (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 11:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)

You are so right Knos. These places should have been shut down long ago.

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 12:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

knos wrote "Gambling is illegal". That would depend on where your at in Alabama.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 12:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

What an addle pate you are lookeyhere...

Gambling is illegal everywhere in Alabama.

Charitable Bingo is not illegal in a few counties.

Big difference there.

Vous avez le cerveau d'un sandwich au fromage...lookeyhere

Posted by TIMMY (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 12:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 12:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men."-Titus 2

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 1 p.m. (Suggest removal)

This TIMMY is a character...

Points to scripture that comes right after a passage about slaves.

What a hoot.

Posted by nmewarlok (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 4:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I just imagine Florala is tired of losing much needed tax revenue to Florida, because as a resident, I was always buying Lottery tickets in Paxton. People who (and I think i remember this correctly) voted the State Lottery out what 6, maybe 8 years ago, were complete morons. If your a gambling addict, your going to get your "fix" if its in Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Tennesses, Las Vegas, New Jersey, or Alabama. Why not keep that money in our own home state?

Posted by Estragon (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 5:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Andalusia needs to one-up Florala. Some patriotic "madame" should open a brothel in our fair city. Now, this would really bring in the money and create jobs. This is what happens when you don't have a population that is educated, creative, or skilled - only fully of conservative, religious BS.

What happens in south Alabama stays in south Alabama....

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 9:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hey Estragon...guess you'd be okay with every book on religion ever published being burnt huh? We need a good censor right?

'There's nothing better than oppressing Christians right?'

Laws/moral judgments hold societies together...

You're another one of those lawless types. A bitter one at that.

Bad form Estragon. Bad form indeed.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 9:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

http://wiki.newspeakdictionary.com/wiki/...

Maybe Estragon should be the censor. Here is his dictionary. Good luck getting everyone in line there Estragon.

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 11:40 p.m. (Suggest removal)

knos wrote... "Gambling is illegal everywhere in Alabama".No its not you moron.Its legal in Atmore.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 11:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Silly willy...The one in Atmore is on an Indian reservation...They aren't part of Alabama.

What a goose.

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 11:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Uh Flo Atmore is in Alabama.

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 8, 2010 at 11:54 p.m. (Suggest removal)

ITS IN ALABAMA YOU IDIOT.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 12:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)

What part of it's on Indian land do you not understand Gormless Lookeyhere?

Indian land does not Alabama make.

It's not in Atmore. It's on an Indian Reservation.

I'll give you that it does neighbor Alabama.

It's like saying Paxton is in Alabama when in reality it's across a boarder...in that case over the Florida/Alabama boarder.

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 12:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I guess Wetumpka is not in Alabama.God you are stupid.

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 12:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

knos wrote...."Its like saying Paxton is in Alabama when in reality its across a boarder". Its like saying you belong in Charter Woods but thank GOD for Bryce Mental Hospital.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 12:31 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The Poarch Creek Indians annexed that bit of land to build the casino in Wetumpka.

It's the same deal. You walk onto it and you're in a whole other country.

Are you ever going to understand that the Indians work under a different set of laws?

Gambling is illegal in Alabama.

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 12:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Gambling IS NOT ILLEGAL IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA.I have talked to lawyer friends of mine who disagree with you.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 12:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Do your lawyer friends have names?

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 12:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Yes they have names just like you Florence.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 12:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)

My pen name is Florus Knossos. Knos for short. Florus was a Roman historian and Knossos was a center of culture.

Whoever this Florence is I assume doesn't like the accusation. She doesn't deserve to be connect with Florus Knossos in any way.

What are your lawyer friends' names?

Posted by lookeyhere (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 1:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Johnny Cochran spoke to me in a dream and told me that gambling was legal in Alabama.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 9, 2010 at 1:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)

That was hilarious. Thanks.

You really are a fun person.

Posted by purelogic (anonymous) on February 11, 2010 at 3:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Knos write:

"Gambling is illegal in Alabama."

and he writes...

"Ten bucks says the silly gooses get shut down within a week of opening..."

Just curious... did you place this bet at a Indian Reservation in Atmore or what? :)

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 11, 2010 at 4:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It was a talking ten dollar bill. I can't control what the dern thing has to say...

Silly purelogic guy...I wasn't gambling. Talking ten dollar bill yall!!!

:)

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 11, 2010 at 4:25 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Money talks.

Get it?

Florala doesn't have the money to get bingo. People east of here do. People north of the pine trees have it to in Covington County.

Posted by purelogic (anonymous) on February 11, 2010 at 4:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

knos,

Beware the storm troopers are coming for you! ;)

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 11, 2010 at 4:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)

It took two days before someone bit on that little nugget.

That's fabulous of you purelogic. Much applause.

Posted by purelogic (anonymous) on February 11, 2010 at 4:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I just read the comments today, but my how the time does fly.

The gambling bug will get you though. lol

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 11, 2010 at 5:01 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Do you have anything to add to the conversation or are you just here to mock something purelogic?

lookeyhere is a feather ruffler...

Posted by purelogic (anonymous) on February 11, 2010 at 5:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I'm adding a pinch of sugar, a cup of mock, and pointing out inconsistencies sometimes.

You are right however, a feather ruffler I am not. I like things smooth and simple.

But you have to admit that's funny. "I'll bet you 10 bucks that they shut them silly gooses down for that illegal gambling, cause gambling is just illegal in Alabama!"

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 11, 2010 at 7:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Have you ever heard of a figure of speech?

"The sky is falling! Gambling is coming to Alabama."

That's funny to me.

Posted by knos (anonymous) on February 12, 2010 at 5:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)

http://www.edsanders.com/chickenlittle/

There's a lot to be learned from fables...

Posted by luckymom (anonymous) on February 16, 2010 at 12:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

some thinks it fun to play.
while others hate it because of all the trouble it causes.
but for a small town here comes all this traffic and trouble.
And now where to park in the small town.
Traffic jams. Good luck Florala Residence.

Posted by andyforlife (anonymous) on February 18, 2010 at 8:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I agree to enforce the law when it is written. I disagree to enforce the law when Country Crossings is going strong for a while, then raid it and shut it down. I think that discussions and meetings should have taken place to stop Country Crossings from ever coming into existence. Build it sure, but open it up to expose yourself to the government and law enforcement, NO. Wait until is passes the legislature, then go have your fun and make your millions.

I disagree with the way Riley is going about things. To me, he is really hurting himself and others that are running for govenor. Put a stop to it before it gets going.

Florala, I wish you the best. But, I would encourage you to contact the Attorney General and Govenor BEFORE building, opening, and operating this facility. Don't waste people's money and time until the Bingo legislation passes.

If you do go ahead, keep your eyes open to the north, because the pain is coming.

Posted by concerned13 (anonymous) on February 19, 2010 at 2:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I wonder why Florala can not find anything but something that has implications of corruption attached to it. Is there any planning being done to utilize the newly constructed building at the Lake or is it just going to set idle while people wonder why it was built in the beginning!

Posted by outlaw11 (anonymous) on February 23, 2010 at 1:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

andyforlife: best post in this section...law is law until otherwise "Amended" by the 'elected' Congress...so, all of you who b.... on this site, make changes happen or shut up. Your vote is needed to make things happen as you see, but, we keep putting the same faces in power...dig deeper and vote more for the candidate who represents your way of life.

Posted by gmoney (anonymous) on February 28, 2010 at 11:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Florala has been in economic dire straights for years. I am just glad to see that something is happening to create jobs. I was born and raised in Florala and the only thing I can remember that created an economic buzz is when Hardees and the Huddle House was built. I hope this works out for the people of Florala. I am sure there are alot of nay sayers but what other solutions have they presented to stimulate the economy.