Re: PHONY LOUISIANA GOVERNMENT

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Hi Hardy,

What do you think of the new governor down there?

DC

On 8/18/05, Hardy Parkerson, Atty. wrote:
> In Louisiana, to sell legalized gambling to the populace,
> the legislature passed a law that said the only casino-
> type gambling would be on riverboats, as if to say that
> casino gambling would not pollute the towns, but would be
> out on the rivers during on boats under way on river
> cruises. And that is the way it started. Then they passed
> a law that said that the river boats could stay dockside
> while casino gambling took place aboard. But what has
> developed lately is a phony operation by some casinos,
> such as Pinochle Casino (L'Auberge) in Lake Charles
> whereby the so-called "river-boat" sits in a cement pond
> on land near the river; and it could not be taken for a
> cruise up or down the river if L'Auberge wanted to. How
> phony! How phony of the corrupt Louisiana elected
> officals and governmentleaders!
>
> Also, the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District (Port
> of Lake Charles), paid for with tax-payer dollars, and
> which was established by early Louisiana leaders to
> promote maritime commerce, has sold out to Organized
> Gambling and now the large Pinochle (L'Auberge) Casino,
> Golf Course, Hotel and Thouand-Dollar-A Day villas occupy
> the land bought and paid for and owned by the taxpayers.
>
> Again, how phony!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Hardy Parkeson, Attorney
> Lake Charles, LA
>