Historical Record of WV Family Foundation
Efforts to Kill Casino Gambling
August 7, 2007
LATEST NEWS RELATING TO GAMBLING LAWSUIT
WV Family Foundation will not file a
federal lawsuit to overturn the
Table Games Act of 2007.
Upon advise of our
attorney, WVFF will not be moving forward with a federal lawsuit as we had
hoped to do after the WV Supreme Court of Appeals refused to hear our
state lawsuit. Our attorney said additional research into the
potential federal case gave evidence that the federal courts seldom
provide favorable rulings where state finances are involved, even when
dealing with claims of equal rights violation issues.
See
Register-Herald news article below for additional details on our
decision.
See the side of gambling not talked about by WV
officials.
View these following short videos
Casinos promise schools, seniors, veterans
groups money, then robs our state.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY-cvzUUkjg&mode=related&search=
Jobs? Gambling "bait and switch" ploy used effectively
to suck voters in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8wn9rB7nEk&mode=related&search=
WV voters, why we should not expand
gambling in West Virginia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llf53tNxS6Y&mode=related&search=
Gambling's lie....jobs
and county prosperity? Why did Nevada have to raise state
taxes? WV get prepared for a large tax increase.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhLe8QKpuqc&mode=related&search=
Casino Gambling increases county's embezzlement &
fraud rates.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVK-vB1qkkE&mode=related&search=
NEWS ARTICLES RELATING TO
LAWSUIT
Register-Herald 8/6/07 - Group won't
appeal table games law to U.S. Supreme
Court
WVFF cancels plans for lawsuit to overturn Table Games Act of 2007 in
federal court.
WVFF board members work hard to promote and
protect family values
Herald-Dispatch 6/18/07 -
WV Family Foundation taking table games case to federal
court Left with no
recourse, after supreme court justices refused to hear case, WVFF will
take case to federal court.
Daily Mail 5/24/07 - Police push for table
games This is scary, when police chiefs start saying crime will
not increase and they can handle it.
Register-Herald 5/23/07 - State
Supreme Court refuses to hear table games
suit
Opponents may take challenge to federal court.
Register-Herald 5/16/07 - Table game elections in
2 counties jeopardized
Family Foundation threatens more
lawsuits if voting law is not followed by racino counties.
Register-Herald 5/4/07 - Family foundations sues over table
game law Family
Foundations makes good on its promise to sue the state to stop casino
gamling.
The documents filed with the Supreme Court
of Appeals in Charleston, names Mr. John Muskgrave, Director of
the WV Lottery Commission, as the primary and only defendant. WV
Family Foundation's lawsuit seeks to overturn the WV Lottery
Racetrack Table Games Act on the basis that the Act is
unconstitutional. Download a copy of WVFF's official lawsuit
complaint
Register-Herald 3/1/07 - Senator (Love of Fayette Co) expresses
"shame" Christians did not protest gambling
Senator Love, of Fayette county, takes Christians to
task for his vote to allow casino (table games) gambling in
WV.
Charleston Gazette
4/27/07 - Work begins on casino rules The lottery commission starts impossible
process of "controling" table games.
Charleston Daily
Mail 4/24/07 - Friends and foes of table games ramp up their
campaigns Attorney Barry Bruce gives some comments on filing
of lawsuit.
Register-Herald 4/20/07 - Foundation taking table games
challenge to the public
Voter Survey may be used in organization's lawsuit.
Charleston Daily Mail 4/20/07 - Did voters
mean to OK table games?
Attorney Barry Bruce disusses the merits of casino gambling
law.
Charleston
Daily Mail 4/17/07 - Table games vote buying
denial
A labor union official denies that
offer of $500 per each of the 600 race track employee, if casino
style gambling measures passes, is vote buying.
Charleston Daily Mail Letter to Editor 4/12/07 - Quality of Life
Issues Writer
speaks to the impact gambling expansion brings to West
Virginia.
Register-Herald 4/09/07 - WV Family Foundation to file table game suit this
week A legal
challenge to West Virginia’s new law is forthcoming.
Register-Herald 3/27/07 - Challenges await table games Kevin McCoy comments.
Metro News 3/13/07 - gambling lawsuit article Attorney Barry Bruce's comments.
Register Herald 3/13/07 - gambling lawsuit article Attorney Barry Bruce and Kevin McCoy's comments.
Charleston Gazette 3/13/07 - gambling lawsuit article WVFF, with other gambling supporters and officials, talking
about gambling problems and benefits.
WVFF
Original Lawsuit Press Release 3/10/07 - WVFF secures Barry L. Bruce & Associates, LC. Law
firm will sue state to stop implementation of
gambling legislation.
2007 legislators voting records How your
delegates and senators voted on casino style gambling on HB-2718
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