Governor Charlie Crist said he hopes that the Legislature will approve his new 20-year casino deal he made with the Seminole Tribe, saying that otherwise the federal government will let the games go on without any payments to the state. The Attorney General said he still considers the card games and slot machines illegal, despite the $6.8 billion compact worked out between governor Crist and tribal elders.
Crist said the U.S. Department of Interior might permit gambling on Seminole land, without any payments to the state, if legislators don't pass the bill .Crist said it would be god for Florida's school children and Florida's teachers but his concern is that if the Legislature doesn't pass it that the federal government will allow them to do it anyway and then we don’t even get a dime of the money
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I think if the Governors bill gets passed it would be a good thing for us and it would mean less budget cuts for are school systems here. I’m sure we could really use It., but on the other side of the fence I’m sure the Seminole tribe would rather keep the money just for the tribe and their land. If it was my land I wouldn’t want to give up that big of a cut. 6.8 billion is a whole lot of money.
Emil Gilbert
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