Group Expected To File Lawsuit To Stop N.C. Lottery

Comment #22

Shawnintennesse — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:58:02 GMT

Well what you two are saying is not necassarily true.My best freind had lived in NC for about 3 years. And they found out they were better off moving all together.There like Tennessee. They have there way that they want things done. And if people start wanting something. There not all that obliging. Especially when theres outsiders involved.They dont want change..

Comment #21

CASH Only — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:56:55 GMT

People who fight the startup of a lottery probably have time on their hands.

Comment #20

Pick-4_Master — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:51:51 GMT

This is totally ridiculous why don't they leave it alone already and atleast think of the School kids that can use the dollars for there education.Gambling is not wrong or immoral or whatever there REAL reason for not wanting the Lottery in NC is because there obviously trying to find anything that would stop it altogether.

Comment #19

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:25:44 GMT

lol,if north carolina is the ass end,well since tennessee right behind north carolina that would make it what was coming out of that,lol

Comment #18

Shawnintennesse — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:50:25 GMT

LMAO...If you think thats true you outta see these yaho's in Tennessee...LOL

Comment #17

othertrucker — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:44:48 GMT

You have to remember this. If the USA was a horse, North Carolina would be the ass end.

Comment #16

cps10 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:53:24 GMT

That is the truth...haha

Comment #15

lottoguy05 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:27:32 GMT

Never underestimate the stupidity of supposed do-gooders. Though folks in NC clearly want a Lottery, no good deed goes unpunished.

Comment #14

cps10 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:00:21 GMT

Ladyluck - yes, I went to Latin for 11 long years...my mom taught there, so I really didn't have much choice. I lived a half mile from Myers Park, which is where I wanted to go to get more exposure in baseball. I went to Carolina to play, but I think the fact that I went to a medium sized private school that didn't get much publicity in the Observer, I wasn't going to start. Oh well...but, that being said, I coached JV Baseball at Catholic with a co-worker for 3 years. That was a lot of fun. I u... [ More ]

Comment #13

Tenaj — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 03:41:38 GMT

West Charlotte Senior High!Still got one of the best high stepping bands in NC. I was there when Pop Miller was there. People didn't want the different races to go to school together so both sides would get together to start a fake riot. My brother would always throw the first chair (he'd get expelled of course) and then after that food would be all over the cafeteria. School would be out for a couple days. The newspapers would be talking about race riot among the students and we would be gig... [ More ]

Comment #12

Ladyluck2005 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:56:38 GMT

Well lets just hope this lawsuit gets laughed out of court (if it even makes it that far!).cps10- you went to Latin? I went to Catholic.....I wish I had gone to public school...or another private school.I must say many of the public schools in CMS could use the money (that way they will stop raising taxes- or at least slow it down!).....they need to use it to buy books, fix buildings, get rid of the trailers, etc.Just my $0.02 on the matter.

Comment #11

cps10 — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:49:11 GMT

Tenaj - isn't that the truth about Eastover? LOL ... when I drop my girl off every morning, its funny watching these perfectly made up moms walking their kids to school (what person gets up at 5am to get dressed up to walk their kids to school?? LOL). Not to mention all the Lexus and all that pull up during that time. Good thing I've been promised a new car next spring :)You are also right about the CMS system...run by buffoons. And I thought going to Latin was a prison camp, but looking back, I... [ More ]

Comment #10

Tenaj — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:35:45 GMT

Eastover is a good school. It's in Eastover for God's sake. You can smell the money as you walk up Cherokee and Hempstead Place.I worked right there at the Mint Museum for 15 years with a lot of teachers, and volunteered in the community. The univeristies too. The schools in South Charlotte are well taken care of - Providence Rd included. I saw the difference in the students from within both private and public schools as they toured the museum and you can tell the difference and there were b... [ More ]

Comment #9

cps10 — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:56:58 GMT

Tenaj - you have lived here long enough to know we have a lot of boobs in this area. I agree with you though that it is too far along to stop now. If the state's counsel thought that this lawsuit would fly, they certainly wouldn't be putting out the press releases they have been that have shown up here at LP. You would think the commercial real estate people that own all of these convenience stores in the area would be thrilled since its more gross receipts which translates to more rental income... [ More ]

Comment #8

Tenaj — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:37:31 GMT

They said they were going to file a lawsuit when it first passed. I wondered what happened with that. It's interesting that two of the people in this lawsuit have old money and new money in Charlotte. I think rich people is the reason the fight is so hard to keep a lottery out of NC. They want to make sure they keep their money and stop people they don't like, (store owners) get rich.I can see power bills not being paid and that company monopolize. One person in this lawsuit is a rental/hous... [ More ]

Comment #7

DirtyWrat — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:26:11 GMT

Just keep on driving down to SC, we love to see ya.

Comment #6

cps10 — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:10:33 GMT

racer - i would have to agree with you there

Comment #5

speedracer — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:19:27 GMT

Why is it so hard for these idiots to understand, that if you don't want to play the lottery, you don't have to buy a ticket! I wish they would leave my free will alone. I want to make the decision of rather or not I want to play.

Comment #4

konane — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:10:40 GMT

Awwwwww man!!!! Bummer!!! And Bah Humbug to them

Comment #3

cps10 — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:10:01 GMT

Well, the thing is that NC is mostly Republican, and when the lottery was put up for vote in the House, it would get shot down because of the Republican majority. Nobody has ever given us the opportunity to vote on it, but I think most people would like to see it regardless or party lines, just because VA and SC are robbing us of valuable education dollars.

Comment #2

Bradly_60 — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:00:46 GMT

These people that make the laws are supposed to be for the people. The people in North Carolina want a lottery. Why let them keep sending those dollars to nearby states? I just don't understand these people. Brad

Comment #1

cps10 — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:14:40 GMT

These folks are really endangering themselves if they slow this lottery up

Group Expected To File Lawsuit To Stop N.C. Lottery

Lottery Post — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:51:00 GMT

A lawsuit challenging how the lottery was created could be filed by the end of the week.The North Carolina Institute For Constitutional Law plans to base its lawsuit on the fact that when Senate leaders squeaked out the lottery bill in late August, they suspended the rules to complete three readings in just a matter of moments.Critics said, by law, the votes should have been spread out over a three-day period. Supporters moved quickly because two Republicans were absent.In recent months, Gov. Mi... [ More ]