5:30pm. The Sen Jud Comm just "carried over" the Casino bill. Sen. Hutto, the author of the bill, made the motion. Translation: they didn't have the votes today so they will try again next meeting.
We project we would have won by about 3 votes with a proxy from sen. Kevin Bryant. Back to work shoring up the committed. They are getting lots of pressure. Especially African-American Senator Ralph Anderson of Greenville.
Rev. Sen. Darrell Jackson told him (and us) afterward that he would vote for ANYTHING the Indians wanted...including prostitution. (As much as he hated it and gambling.) He thought after all we have done to them that we should give them total autonomy. Wow.
I am not an expert on Indian law, but it seems strange to me that all we can offer them is the Right to Operate Gambling. Why not a McDonalds franchise?
