Your phone calls worked, again...

Because of the involvement of you and thousands of other Mississippians, the bill which would have given the casinos potentially millions of dollars in tax rebates was defeated in the Senate. The amendment keeping the casinos from getting any of this money was passed 24-22, and it was your phone calls and emails which made the difference!

The bill now goes back to the House. If the House passes the bill with the amendment excluding the casinos, it will then go to the Governor for his signature.

The gambling industry and the Mississippi Economic Council have teamed up to try to get the rebates to the casinos reinstated. They are putting heavy pressure on the members of the House.

I will keep you informed. We may have to go back again. The gambling industry has established itself as a powerful force in Mississippi. They will not be happy until they run our government in matters relating to gambling.

Below is a list of Representatives who voted for the pro-gambling bill allowing casinos to move on land. If they now vote to give the gamblers a tax rebate worth millions, it will be clear that they are pro-gambling.

But for now, I just want to say thanks! You made the difference!

These members of the Mississippi House of Representatives voted for the expansion of gambling by voting to allow the casinos to move onto land. See if your Representative was one of those who voted for the casinos.

Noal Akins, Oxford
Willie L. Bailey, Greenville
Mark Baker, Brandon
Earle Banks, Jackson
Leonard Bentz, Biloxi
Edward Blackmon, Canton
Billy Broomfield, Moss Point
Cecil Brown, Jackson
Clara H. Burnett, Tunica
Credell Calhoun, Jackson
Virginia Carlton, Columbia
Bryant W. Clark, Pickens
Alyce G. Clarke, Jackson
Linda Coleman, Mound Bayou
Mary H. Coleman, Jackson
J.P. Compretta, Bay St. Louis
Lee Jarrell Davis, Hattiesburg
Dirk D. Dedeaux, Perkinston
Bill Denny, Jackson
Chuck Espy, Clarksdale
James Evans, Jackson
George Flaggs, Vicksburg
Frances Fredricks, Gulfport
Daniel D. Guice, Jr., Ocean Springs
Frank Hamilton, Hurley
Esther Mullin Harrison, Columbus
John W. Hines, Sr., Greenville
Daniel Stephen Holland, Plantersville
Gregory L. Holloway, Sr.,Hazlehurst
Roger G. Ishee, Gulfport
Michael W. Janus, Biloxi
Robert L. Johnson III, Natchez
Bennett Malone, Carthage
Rita Martinson, Madison
Ted Mayhall, Southaven
John Mayo, Clarksdale
Bobby Moak, Bogue Chitto
John L. Moore, Brandon
Leonard Morris, Batesville
David W. Myers, McComb
David Norquist, Cleveland
Randall H. Patterson, Biloxi
Diane C. Peranich, Pass Christian
John O. Read, Gautier
John Reeves, Jackson
Walter L. Robinson, Jr., Bolton
James C. Simpson, Jr., Long Beach
Clayton Smith, Brandon
Ferr Smith, Carthage
Greg Snowden, Meridian
Gary V. Staples, Laurel
Mary Ann Stevens, West
Rufus E. Straughter, Belzoni
Sara Richardson Thomas, Indianola
Jessica Sibley Upshaw, Diamondhead
Percy W. Watson, Hattiesburg
May Whittington, Schlater
Tommy L. Woods, Byhalia
Charles L. Young, Sr., Meridian
Henry B. Zuber, III, Ocean Springs