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• 1 although he recognized there were many good things <br /> 2 which could be done with the money earned from <br /> 3 - pull tabs, he would never personally consent to <br /> 4 having an outside organization running that type <br /> 5 of operation in the City liquor stores; <br /> 6 <br /> 7 said he had been given to understand that the same <br /> 8 organization whose request had prompted the ordin- <br /> 9 ance in the first place had already been replaced <br /> 10 as managers of the Bingo Hall in Little Canada by <br /> 11 a Roseville sports booster group. <br /> 12 Marks reported hg had been asked to "keep an open <br /> 13 mind" on the issue by the Lions who contacted him; <br /> 14 said he would have a hard time doing that because <br /> 15 he was firmly opposed to their request, perceiving <br /> 16 no benefit for St. Anthony, whatsoever, from pull <br /> 17 tabs; <br /> 18 indicated he had told his callers he would be glad <br /> 19 to see they got on the Council agenda but to <br /> 20 expect no support from him when they appeared. <br /> 21 Sundland said he had also assured the Lions they <br /> 22 would be given the opportunity of having their <br /> •23 request heard but not to expect to change any minds <br /> 24 when they came, because, every time he had polled <br /> 25 the Council on whether they had changed their <br /> 26 minds about the ordinance, their unanimous opposi- <br /> 27 tion to doing that had been affirmed; <br /> 28 reported an outstate mayor had told him his city <br /> 29 had allowed a local organization to conduct pull <br /> 30 tab games in corporate institutions like Seven/ <br /> 31 Eleven stores but not in City facilities for as <br /> 32 long as they needed to fund a specific project. <br /> 33 However, once that goal had been reached, the <br /> 34 games were discontinued; <br /> 35 recalled it had been the fact that there would <br /> 36 probably be so many local organizations wanting <br /> 37 to run pull tabs for commendable purposes that the <br /> 38 Council had written the Ordinance to get away from <br /> 39 having to constantly explain why the Council did <br /> 40 not perceive gambling games like Bingo and pull <br /> 41 tabs would be good for the City. <br /> 42 Nelson to Provide Information for September 22nd Meeting with <br /> 43 Lions Club <br /> 8 <br />