Casino Amendment Won't Weed Out Criminals.Trust Law Enforcement Pros on Casino Payroll, Goodwin Says WHEN A NEW PLAYER WANTS TO toss a chip into Nevada's gaming Industry, state regulators review at least 15 years of the applicant's history for criminal or regulatory violations while auditors sift through at least five years of financial background. A sweeping gambling amendment to the Arkansas Constitution The Arkansas Constitution is the governing document of the U.S. state of Arkansas. It was first adopted in 1874, shortly after the Brooks-Baxter War; these two events together marked the end of Reconstruction in Arkansas, two years before the disputed 1876 presidential election would give no similar licensing power to the Arkansas Gaming Commission. Instead, it guarantees that the "sole purpose" of the five-member oversight board will be to audit casino books and ensure that state and local government get their promised cut -- 15 cents on every dollar bet and lost. In Nevada, even blackjack blackjack, one of the world's most widely played gambling card games; also known as twenty-one or vingt-et-un. Despite contesting claims between the French and Italians, its origins are unknown. dealers submit to a background check and must be approved by the Nevada Gaming Control Board The Nevada Gaming Control Board, also known as the State Gaming Control Board, is a Nevada state governmental agency involved in the regulation of casinos throughout the state, along with the Nevada Gaming Commission. It was founded in 1955 by the Nevada Legislature. and the Nevada Gaming Commission The Nevada Gaming Commission is a Nevada state governmental agency involved in the regulation of casinos throughout the state, along with the Nevada Gaming Control Board. It was founded in 1959 by the Nevada Legislature. . Felons, said Nevada enforcement chief Keith Copher, still can get licensed in the fantasy universe of high rollers High Rollers was an American television game show which aired on the NBC network from July 1, 1974 to June 11, 1976 and again from April 24, 1978 to June 20, 1980. Two different syndicated versions were also produced, the first a weekly series from September 8, 1975 to wrenched from the desert by Brooklyn hoodlum Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and his mob banker, Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky (born Majer Suchowliński, July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983) was an American gangster who, with Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the so-called "National Crime Syndicate" in the United States. . But, under Nevada gambling statutes, chief executive officers and dealers alike must convince state regulators that they are of "good character, honesty and Integrity and do not pose a threat to the interest of the state." "It's a case-by-case situation, Copher said. "We believe in the rehabilitation of people if they keep their noses clean." Proposed Amendment 5 to the state Constitution would permit a state lottery A game of chance operated by a state government. Generally a lottery offers a person the chance to win a prize in exchange for something of lesser value. Most lotteries offer a large cash prize, and the chance to win the cash prize is typically available for one dollar. , legalize le·gal·ize tr.v. le·gal·ized, le·gal·iz·ing, le·gal·iz·es To make legal or lawful; authorize or sanction by law. le charitable bingo and grant a casino monopoly to a single enterprise -- Arkansas Casino Corp. -- whose ambitions for 2000 have been almost entirely underwritten by one Dallas attorney, Robert W. Buchholz. Buchholz, who loaned Arkansas Casino Corp. $240,817.50 of the $244,017.50 it collected for the Nov. 7 referendum; blames the licensing loophole on a certain Baptist preacher. back in Little Rock. "The basic reason it was written that way was for Gov. Mike Huckabee  This article or section contains information about one or more candidates in an upcoming or ongoing election.Content may change as the election approaches. ," Buchholz said. "We felt that if we put a casino initiative out there that said casinos shall be licensed and controlled by the Arkansas Gaming Commission that we would never see casino gambling in Arkansas." Buchholz, former Lee County Sheriff Robert "Bobby" May and Tommy Goodwin, who ran the State Police for 13 years, were the leaders in a petition drive that gathered more than 80,000 signatures to place the, amendment on the ballot -- more than 10,000 more than needed. Buchholz and May insist current racketeering Traditionally, obtaining or extorting money illegally or carrying on illegal business activities, usually by Organized Crime . A pattern of illegal activity carried out as part of an enterprise that is owned or controlled by those who are engaged in the illegal activity. laws give the state the power to screen out "undesirables." Goodwin said state voters should trust the seasoned law enforcement veterans associated with Arkansas Casino Corp. and the related Natural State Resorts Inc. to screen for the types who once ruled the Las Vegas strip The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is a 4 mi (6.7 km) section of Las Vegas Boulevard South, most of which has been designated an All-American Road. and the Atlantic City Atlantic City, city (1990 pop. 37,986), Atlantic co., SE N.J., an Atlantic resort and convention center; settled c.1790, inc. 1854. Situated on Absecon Island, a barrier island 10 mi (16. boardwalk. "One of the first things First Things is a monthly ecumenical journal concerned with the creation of a "religiously informed public philosophy for the ordering of society" (First Things website). we're going to do is set up a small security force," Goodwin said. "We haven't discussed it that much, but it's something that will be discussed. We've got enough law enforcement people on the board of directors. I think this will require something like that." Regulators from Mississippi, Nevada and New Jersey say they spend millions of dollars each year policing new players in the gaming industry to insure that the vestiges of the nation's once-powerful organized crime families, don't get back in. Interviews with regulators and government officials highlight differences between their laws and the Arkansas Casino Corp proposal, which don't end with licensing: * The amendment exempts the casinos from all state and local property taxes and from sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. . Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. casinos account for more than $16 billion of the $94 billion tax base in Clark County Clark County is the name of twelve counties in the United States of America:
* The amendment specifically for-bids government from assessing or taxing furniture, equipment and other business-related items -- such as slot machines. Slot machines and the other physical trappings of casino gambling generate about $2.2 million a year in local tax revenue in Las Vegas and Clark County. * None of the other key states with land-based casinos have written monopolies into their laws. Licensing for pari-mutuel race tracks and casinos are left to state boards state boards Examinations administered by a US state board of medical examiners to license a physician in a particular state; these examinations play an ever-decreasing role in state medical licensure, as these bodies now rely on standardized national examinations whose members are appointed by the governor. The Arkansas amendment does promise more off the top for state government than other key casino-gambling states. It would give 15 percent of net gaming revenue -- what's left after the casinos pay winners -- directly to the state. Five percent of the taxes--that is, 75 cents for every $100 in net gaming revenue -- would be given back to each of the six counties where the amendment would permit casinos to be built. The counties Would then split the take with a city if the casino is within its limits. However, the definition of "net gaming revenue" included in the amendment is cluttered up by an exception for "those amounts paid to purchase annuities to fund losses paid to patrons over several years." Such annuities are mentioned no-where else in the amendment, so there appears to be no limit to how much revenue could be shielded from the 15 percent tax. Hooks said the annuities are a standard way for casinos to protect themselves "when someone does hit the big jackpot. You've got the ability to pay them without it killing you." Hooks promised but did not supply by press time the estimated casino revenue. He said the bottom line is the casino will pay 15 percent taxes on the revenue less winnings paid out. "When you get past the lawyerly language [the next gaming revenue] is the amount of profits that the casino took in minus the winnings," Hooks said. "The reason that it's written that way [is] so that we will pay a 15 percent tax on a significant amount of money and we won't play accounting games." By contrast, Nevada collects 6.25 percent of net gaming revenue -- approximately $9 billion a year on a $144 billion industry, Copher said. That is in addition to the local property taxes paid. Mississippi collects 8 percent for the state and another 4 percent for the county and city where the casinos are based, in addition to the money paid to Tunica tunica /tu·ni·ca/ (too´ni-kah) pl. tu´nicae [L.] a tunic; in anatomy, a general term for a membrane or other structure covering or lining a body part or organ. and other casino towns in property taxes. New Jersey, which limits casinos to Atlantic City, also gets 8 percent of every dollar in net gaming revenue and requires the to spend another 1.25 percent on community development projects. "The casinos, pay a lot of money in taxes," said Dan Heneghan, a spokesman for the New Jersey Casino Control Commission The Casino Control Commission is a New Jersey state governmental agency that was founded in 1977 as the state's gaming control board, responsible for administering the Casino Control Act and its regulations to assure public trust and confidence in the credibility and integrity of . Unlike banks, he said, casinos don't have a paper trail to track individual gambling transactions. Heneghan said the state gaming law Gaming law can be described as the set of rules and regulations that apply to the gaming or gambling industry. Gaming law is not exactly a branch of law in the traditional sense but rather a transversal gathering of a range of legal topics related to gaming which encompasses covers more than 100 pages of the New Jersey statutes. "There is a great deal of detail there," he said. "And it was deliberately done that way because of the history of the gaming industry." Glen Hooks, a former executive director of the state Democratic Party in Arkansas who became the amendment's campaign manager in August, said the proposal isn't meant to cut cities and counties out of the take. The hotels, theme parks, golf courses, shopping malls or other amenities that would be part of the casino projects would be subject to all local and state taxes, he said. "We wanted to make sure there was something in this for more than just the casino owners, and the state," he said. "This is one of the highest taxes in the country." Buchholz defends the monopoly by comparing it to the state Constitution's existing Amendment 46 -- a one-liner that paved the way for pari-mutuel racing at Oaklawn in Hot Springs. He said the amendment that gave Oaklawn a monopoly went unchallenged. Unlike Amendment 5, however, Amendment 46 made no mention of a private company. It said: "Horse racing horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with and pari-mutuel wagering thereon shall be lawful in Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas Garland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the population was 88,068. The county seat is Hot Springs. Garland County is Arkansas's 68th county, formed on April 5, 1873 and named for Augustus Garland, eleventh governor of Arkansas. , and shall be regulated by the General Assembly." Ironically, it's Oaklawn's failure to win voter approval back home in 1996 that leaves Garland County Judge Larry Williams unconcerned about the tax exemptions and other surprises in the most recent proposal. "I think the chances of this passing are slim and none," he said. "Oaklawn is a major presence here, and if. [Oaklawn] couldn't get a casino amendment passed, I simply don't think it will be passed." Harrison Mayor Robert A. Reynolds began studying the, tax exemptions in the amendment two weeks ago. He and other officials in Boone County Boone County is the name of eight counties in the United States, all named after explorer Daniel Boone:
Promoters have secured a land option in Ozark Mountain in northern. Boone County crowding the Missouri state line. That will put the casino about 16 miles from. Branson, where entertainers such as Tony Orlando Tony Orlando (born April 3, 1944) is an American singer best known for his time with the group Dawn in the early 1970s. Born Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis to a Greek father and a Puerto Rican mother, he was raised in Manhattan's then-notorious Hell's Kitchen. and Jim Stafford have for years led an anti-gambling charge. Reynolds worries that resistance may weaken as dollars from tourism slow. "I tell you, what's the scary thing about Branson is that it's beginning to crumble up there," Reynolds said. "How many Lawrence Welk Lawrence Welk (March 11, 1903 – May 17, 1992) was a musician, accordion player, bandleader, and television impresario, hosting "The Lawrence Welk Show" from 1951 to 1982. shows can you take in? They could be Wired for sound over the next, few years." Concerns over tax breaks, an override on drinking laws and licensing don't worry William Ingram, who worked for the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Alcoholic Beverage Control may refer to:
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Ingram buys into promoters' projections that the casinos could create 15,000 to 20,000 new jobs paying an average annual salary of $26,000. And he's banking on a pledge that 10 percent of the state's take will be added to 45 percent of the proceeds from a state-run lottery to fund scholarships for 99 percent of the state's high school graduates. (Eighty percent of the tax paid to the state is to be used "to eliminate or reduce the sales tax on groceries.") He points to programs in Texas and Georgia that he says are similar, although officials in both states report somewhat less ambitious results from gaming. Keith Elkins, communications director for the Texas Lottery The Texas Lottery is run by the Texas state government. Its most popular game is the multi-state Mega Millions; its other major game is Lotto Texas. Unlike Powerball, Texas is the only one of the 12 Mega Millions states to offer a multiplier, known as the Megaplier. Commission, said the state's lottery proceeds all go to the general fund with some money ear-marked for education. Texas lawmakers considered using the money to provide across-the-board scholarships for high school graduates last session but decided against it. "It was determined that we have too large a population and not enough money," he said. Since its creation in 1993, the George Lottery Corp. has been providing enough to the HOPE Scholarship The HOPE Scholarship, created in 1993 by the state of Georgia legislature, is a university scholarship program that has been adopted by several other states. HOPE (a reverse acronym for "helping outstanding pupils educationally") is funded entirely by the revenue from the Georgia Program to pay four years of tuition, books and mandatory fees for every high school student who graduates with a "B" average or above. HOPE officials say they had provided 458,443 scholarships totaling $996.5 million by Sept. 5 on lottery proceeds alone. Jeff Payson, the manager of property appraisal for Clark County, said the impact of casinos on Nevada's tax base is unquestionable. Casino corporations account for all but five of the county's 25 top taxpayers. Mandalay Resort Group Mandalay Resort Group was a hotel-casino operator based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Its major properties included Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur and Circus Circus, as well as half of the Monte Carlo. , which includes the Circus Circus Circus Circus is used as the name for two casinos:
Nevada Power Co. ranks fourth on the list, accompanied only among non-casino businesses by two real estate firms Southwest Gas Corp. and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas, is a 1,200 acre (4.9 km²) complex of four different tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. . He said Nevada officials have rejected repeated efforts at exempting casinos and others from the property tax. "The Las Vegas strip is probably the most valuable land in the country, especially for large acreage," Payson said. Time line for Arkansas Casino Corp. With a corporate legacy rooted in silver and copper, Arkansas Casino Corp. has undergone a series of paper transformations in several states as it slipped in and out of bankruptcy. Here's the history of a company pushing to expand legal gambling in Arkansas beyond the race tracks, based on court records, campaign reports and regulatory filings in Arkansas, Idaho, Texas, Utah and Washington state. March 16, 1899 -- North Star Mining Co. is chartered by John B. Hanson, W.W. Woods and several partners in a bid to mine the Anna Lode and the Lost Bean Lode along the East Fork East Fork is the name of the following places in the United States of America:
Feb. 7, 1983 -- Operating sporadically as a mining company through the 1970s, North Star Mining becomes North Star Inc., a company that writes computer software under the control of Utah businessmen Steven G. Pappas and R.A. Miflin. May 3, 1993 -- Jim C. Harris, a Dallas investment adviser, takes over North Star changes its name to Paragon Classics Inc. Harris and corporate Secretary George C. Burrell file the new company's paperwork from their north Dallas North Dallas is an expansive area of numerous communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas, (USA). It spans portions of three counties: Collin, Dallas, and Denton, and has strong social ties to two enclaves of Dallas (University Park and Highland Park) and a near-enclave offices but keep the company in Idaho. Jan. 24, 1994 -- Harris and his associates change the company's name back to North Star Inc. Jan. 1, 1995 -- David R. Kane becomes president of Global Productions Inc., a former mining company based in Washington state and chaired by Harris. Investigators find later that Kane's license to sell securities was revoked 11 years earlier by the National Association of Securities Dealers National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Nonprofit organization formed under the joint sponsorship of the investment bankers' conference and the SEC to comply with the Maloney Act, which provides for the regulation of the OTC market. for failure to pay $8,500 in fines. March 19, 1996 -- North Star files for protection in Dallas bankruptcy court bankruptcy court n. the specialized Federal court in which bankruptcy matters under the Federal Bankruptcy Act are conducted. There are several bankruptcy courts in each state, and each one's territory covers several counties. . March 14, 1997 -- The company emerges from bankruptcy without discharging its liabilities or developing a plan to do so, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. state securities regulators. March 15, 1997 -- Beginning the next day, the principals of North Star issue 5 million restricted shares of common stock with Jim Harris' ATAP ATAP Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs (Delmar, NY) ATAP Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program ATAP Acquisition Tuition Assistance Program (US Army) ATAP Advanced Tactical Aircraft Protection Financial Corp., Arkansas Casino Partners and Robert W. Buchholz's law firm in Dallas among the major stockholders. Securities regulators say the stock sale continued until June 3, 1997. May 5, 1997 -- Harris changes the name of North Star Inc. again -- this time to Arkansas Casino Corp. -- in filings with the Idaho Secretary of State. May 9, 1997 -- Arkansas Securities Commissioner Mac Dodson issues a cease-and-desist order Cease-and-desist order An order issued after notice and opportunity for hearing, requiring a depository institution, a holding company or a depository institution official to terminate unlawful, unsafe or unsound banking practices. to Harris' Global Productions Inc., alleging the sale of unregistered securities. May 19, 1997 -- Arkansas Casino Corp. files to do business in Arkansas as an Idaho company. 1998 -- The Fix Arkansas Now Committee, identified in state records as the operating division of Arkansas Casino Corp., launches an unsuccessful petition drive to legalize casino gambling and create a state lottery. The campaign was led publicly by former State Police director Tommy Goodwin. Feb. 9, 1998 -- Goodwin and assistant corporate secretary Donna Gordon sign a consent order partially setting Dodson's allegations that unregistered stock in Arkansas Casino Corp., was illegally traded. Dec. 29, 1998 -- Arkansas Casino Corp. withdraws its corporate status in Arkansas. July 20, 1999 -- Dodson issue a second cease-and-desist order alleging Arkansas Casino Corp. was "a shell corporation" and that Harris submitted false information to Standard and Poor's Noun 1. Standard and Poor's - a broadly based stock market index Standard and Poor's Index Corp. Dodson also alleged that company vice president Robert Means tried to sell stock despite the agreement. July 29, 1999 -- Nine days later, with Buchholz on board as secretary and attorney, Arkansas Casino Corp. files for a name change in Idaho and becomes Natural State Resorts Inc. April 6, 2000 -- Natural State Resorts uses $250,000 in stock and a $100,000 line of credit to buy DKE DKE Delta Kappa Epsilon DKE Deutsche Kommission Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik DKE Deutsche Elektrotechnische Kommission (German Electrotechnology Commission) DKE Drift Kinetic Equation DKE Digital Knowledge Environment Entertainment Inc., a North Little Rock concert promotion company. April 17, 2000 -- Natural State files initial reports showing its collected $2,500 and spent $53,190.30 on a November 2000 ballot initiative. July 10, 2000 -- State Securities Department staff attorney John Moore John Moore may be: Clergy
July 12, 2000 -- Natural State Resorts files a report in Idaho that makes no mention of Harris, once the pivotal figure behind the casino drive. Goodwin remains chairman of the group and former Lee County Sheriff Robert May Robert May may refer to:
July 17, 2000 -- Now registered to practice law in Arkansas, Buchholz files suit calling the state's allegations "baseless" and accusing Dodson of harassment and delaying tactics. Buchholzasks a Pulaski County Pulaski County is the name of several counties in the United States:
The presiding officer, the Official Principal and Auditor, has been the same person as the Dean of the Arches since the nineteenth century . judge to compel state approval of Arkansas Casino Corp.'s stock for trade in the state. Aug. 14, 2000 -- Dodson files a counterclaim A claim by a defendant opposing the claim of the plaintiff and seeking some relief from the plaintiff for the defendant. A counterclaim contains assertions that the defendant could have made by starting a lawsuit if the plaintiff had not already begun the action. , alleging that Arkansas Casino Corp. swapped promises of stock for campaign contributions, totaling $60,000 during 1998 and that Harris illegally promised shares of company stock to buy DKE, which Dodson alleged "had few assets, a negative net worth and had never made a profit." Aug. 25, 2000 -- ATAP Financial, Harris' company and once Arkansas Casino's second-largest stockholder, is declared inactive by the Texas Secretary of State for failure to pay its franchise tax. Campaign reports reflect no consultant payments to Harris. Sept. 7, 2000 -- Natural State Resorts files its latest campaign report, showing Buchholz has loaned the casino amendment campaign $240,817.50 -- all but $3,200 of the money financing the 2000 gambling referendum. The campaign shows a balance of $641.16 two months before the Nov. 7 general election. Arkansas Casino Corp. Cast of Characters Here are the key players behind Arkansas Casino Corp., based on information filed with the Arkansas Securities Department, interviews and other sources: TOMMY L. GOODWIN Chairman Little Rock * In law enforcement since 1952, Goodwin ran the Arkansas State Police form 1981 to 1994. Since retiring, he's served on the Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and the governing boards of the International Association of Chiefs of Police
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) was founded in Chicago in 1893 as the National Chiefs of Police Union. and Invesco Inc., which operates five city colleges in Arkansas and Missouri. He also worked for the Arkansas First Committee to select and chair a 15-member advisory commission to determine how proceeds from a statewide lottery would be spent if the initiative passed. ROBERT "BOBBY" MAY President Forrest City * May never lost an election during his 18 years as Lee County sheriff. A former chairman of the Lee County Democratic Committee and the state committee of the Arkansas Democratic Party, he is an individual investor, owner and operator of a large farming enterprise in the Delta region of southeast Arkansas. ROBERT C. MEANS Vice President Little Rock * Means worked two years as a news photographer for a little Rock television station and left the business 1976 to start a career as an independent contractor A person who contracts to do work for another person according to his or her own processes and methods; the contractor is not subject to another's control except for what is specified in a mutually binding agreement for a specific job. in the hotel food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. industry. In 1985, Means and his wife moved to California and launched an insurance career. During the next decade, he said, he trained thousands of insurance agents and built a health insurance agency with $30 million in premiums. He returned to Arkansas in 1995. ROBERT W. BUCHHOLZ Secretary Dallas * A Dallas civil trial attorney who loaned Arkansas Casino Corp. $240, 817.50 to finance its 2000 petition drive, Buchholz is also licensed to practice law in Arkansas and Oklahoma. He ran unsuccessfully for Dallas judgeships in 1990 and 1992, made the spotlight representing 600 plaintiffs in a high-profile environmental case, and hooked up with the casino group as its attorney in 1994. DONNA GORDON Treasurer/Assistant Secretary Little Rock * From 1952 through 1980, she worked in various accounting and administrative assistant positions with the Arkansas State Police and the Arkansas Commission on Crime and Law Enforcement. She was named fiscal officer and purchasing manager for the Arkansas Department of Public safety in 1980. When that agency dissolved a year later, she returned to the state Police and served as assistant fiscal officer and fiscal offer in Goodwin's administration, until she retired in 1987. She worked with goodwin on the Arkansas First Committee. JAMES C. HARRIS James C. Harris is the fictional Deputy Commissioner of Operations of the Baltimore Police Department on , He was played by Al Freeman Jr.[1] Biography Former chairman Dallas * Harris was the motivating force behind Arkansas Casino Corp. and runs ATAP Financial Corp., an investment adviser that at one time owned the second-lagest stake in Arkansas Casino Corp. A real estate developer and securities dealer. Harris issued and distributed 5 million shares of the company's stock following its bankruptcy. He's been accused twice by Arkansas regulators of selling unregistered stock. GLEN HOOKS Campaign Manager North Little Rock * Hocks served as executive director of the state Democratic Party from June 1998 through the end of August 2000. When he left to run Arkansas Casino Corp.'s 2000 campaign. SIDNEY LED RYAN Committee Member Amagon (Jackson County) * From 1961 to 1978, Ryan owned and operated farming operations in Arkansas and Louisana. He worked as an insurance adjuster from 1981 through 1995 for the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. and for Rural Community Insurance Co. He also operates a levee levee (lĕv`ē) [Fr.,=raised], embankment built along a river to prevent flooding by high water. Levees are the oldest and the most extensively used method of flood control. surveying business. WILLIAM L. INGRAM Committee Member Magnolia * Ingram's career in law enforcement spans 40 years. He has been coroner and a deputy sheriff in Columbia County and had jobs with Alcohol Beverage Control, the Arkansas State Police and the Springdale Police Department. Since 1987, Ingram has been a business man ager of private Investment and rental property in Magnolia. ANNE SMITH DYER Committee Member Dardanelle * Dyer, a long-haul trucker, formed a west Texas trucking company called Ice Cold Express with her husband, Sid, 1979 and sold it nine years later. She returned to Arkansas in 1988 and become a driver for Tyson Foods Inc. CARL SMITH Committee Member Oden * Smith has been a math teacher, real estate salesman and manager of a cattle ranch in addition to three years spend assisting in the production of Polaris and Agena missiles. He also served 20 years as a Montgomery County sheriff's deputy and 20 years on the county quorum court. CHARLES SHELTON Committee Member Little Rock Shelton is a senior national accounts executive for Enterty Corp. He worked for Mississippi Power & Light until 1993, when he moved with his wife and three daughters from Jackson, Miss., to Little Rock. He also was a member of the boards of directors of Mississippi Home Builders Association and the Mississippi Restaurant Association. Other members of the gaming amendment committee include Marcus Balch, Charles Davis, Dean Friend and Dr. William Rutledge. |
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