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1 -estimated, -t-he average .pull tab player would be <br /> 2' expected to spend $42 .00 a might playing the .game,. <br /> 3 her belief that the City'*s Ordinance against .most <br /> 4 forms of'-charitable gambling in the City .had been <br /> 5 reinforced as a good one; <br /> 6 added, however,.- that she had requested reassurance <br /> 7 from- the City's Liquor Manager that not having <br /> 8 pull tabs in the .City liquor stores had not ad- <br /> 9 versely affected sales ;, <br /> 10 indicated.. she had been particularly uncomfortable <br /> 11 to learn the Lions Club only intended to run the <br /> 12 games the first few months then proposed turning <br /> 13 the operation over to an outside professional <br /> 14 group and <br /> 15 had concluded that, although the Lion' s club it- <br /> 16 self might be a reputable organization, their . <br /> 17 intent of running the games only a few nights a <br /> 18 week, meant ,others less reputable might want to <br /> 19 finish out the week., <br /> 20 Enrooth said he had told the Lions members who .had <br /> 021 approached him that, from his own perspective, <br /> 22 there was little chance 'the . ordinance would be <br /> 23 changed until the concerns which had caused the <br /> 24 Council to set up the Ordinance in the first <br /> 25 place had. been satisfactorily addressed; <br /> 26 said he had`- asked his callers how they perceived <br /> 27 the City could handle other requests which might <br /> 28 be just as legitimate as their own; and <br /> 29 asked them what -they suggested the City could do <br /> 30 about the organizations who haven' t approached the . <br /> 31 Council just because they knew there was an <br /> 32 ordinance forbidding this type of -activity in the <br /> 33 City. <br /> 34 Ranallo recalled the City had turned down its own <br /> 35 " Fire Department request to conduct pull tab games <br /> 36 in the liquor stores for a very commendable pur- <br /> 37 pose; <br /> 38 reported he .had. .declined to,..meet with the Lions <br /> 39 who had called him, telling -them the City already <br /> 40 had an ordinance which permitted pull tab games to <br /> 41 be conducted -no more" often than five times "a year; <br /> .42 said he had told the Lions members who approached <br /> 43 him at the RCLLG meeting in _Shoreview that, <br /> 7 <br />