State senator wants to repeal Arkansas Lottery

Comment #6

Hermanus104 — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:53:15 GMT

I wonder how many Arkansas folk drive up to Missouri, or down to Louisiana or Texas, or to Tennessee or Oklahoma to play the lottery. With the gas money that would hurt them even more

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computerhead723 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:27:26 GMT

whats her problem ??? what does she think about health care -since her position said the state had the right to form a lottery -the voters didn't give a mandate ????-*Sen. Sue Madison, D-Fayetteville* get a better state senator ,

Comment #4

rdgrnr — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:59:08 GMT

Another elected official going against the will of the people who pay her to represent them, thinking she knows what's best for them despite their wishes. Now just watch them re-elect her to another term. I just don't get it.

Comment #3

Stack47 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:25:45 GMT

Madison said she has concerns about state government promoting a form of gambling that she believes targets the poor, particularly during tough economic times. We get good revenue from taxes on tobacco, we get good revenue from taxes on alcohol, but we're not out there promoting people to drink or encouraging them to smoke, and yet we are encouraging people to buy lottery tickets, and I think that's probably not a good position for our government to take,

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Comment #2

MADDOG10 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:44:46 GMT

What really amazes me, is that two of the three Democrats have common sense, while the other has None.....!

I wonder if she'd like to come north for a while and use her wisdom on trying to get John Gotti jr retried again. These politicians have nothing better to do

Comment #1

konane — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:22:59 GMT

If memory serves, we had the same rumblings by a couple of our Georgia legislators when we first got the lottery.

History shows how far their posturing got them.

State senator wants to repeal Arkansas Lottery

Lottery Post — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:00:26 GMT

A state senator who wants to abolish Arkansas' new lottery is scheduled to present her case Wednesday to a legislative panel.

Sen. Sue Madison, D-Fayetteville, will ask the House and Senate committees on state agencies and governmental affairs to adopt her proposal for an interim study to repeal the authorization for state lotteries under the Arkansas Scholarship Act.

The committee chairmen were cool to the idea.

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