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• 1 - estimated the average. pull: tab player would be <br /> 2 expected to spend $42 . 00 , a night 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 LiquortManager 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 /> 21 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 />