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• 1 activity is allowed in the City, as it now faced refusing <br /> 2 to let an amusement arcade go into Apache with the Fun <br /> 3 Center operating in another shopping center; <br /> 4 questioned whether the City might not be discriminating <br /> 5 against what is perceived to be a desirable thing for <br /> 6 St. Anthony, the non-alcoholic Alternative bar, when it <br /> 7 restricted the pull tabs to the municipal liquor establish- <br /> 8 ments; <br /> 9 concluded that the ten percent the City would get to keep <br /> 10 was not worth the hassle the City might expect to get from <br /> 11 very worthy applicants, including the City' s own Fire <br /> 12 reserves. <br /> 13 Makowske: agreed with Councilmember Marks that the whole process of <br /> 14 making a decision related to pull tabs had been "a very <br /> 15 painful one" ; <br /> 16 said she had gone from "not liking them at all" to being <br /> 17 educated to see them in a different light after attending <br /> 18 the Ramsey County League of Local Government' s meeting where <br /> 19 she had come to see that there might be some very worthy <br /> 20 organizations and causes which would gain from pull tab <br /> 21 profits; <br /> 0-2 reported she had also almost been convinced by the Lion <br /> 23 Club members she talked to that this might be an easy way <br /> 24 for the City to make more money, which had been reaffirmed <br /> 25 by the Liquor Manager, saying this type of activity might be <br /> 26 helpful to his operation; <br /> 27 however, after realizing how little control the City would <br /> 28 actually have over how the profits are spent, changed her <br /> 29 mind and was now leaning towards voting against the pro- <br /> 30 posal. <br /> 31 Girard Insists 50% of Pull Tab Profits Would Stay In St. Anthony <br /> 32 When Mayor Sundland asked the Lions members whether they had anything <br /> 33 new to add to what they had already told the Council which might <br /> 34 change what he perceived would be at least a 4 to 1 vote against their <br /> 35 proposal, the Lion Club President said: <br /> 36 *although the City might only be able to make 10% of the profits <br /> 37 through rents , there was nothing in the state amendment which <br /> 38 would prevent the Lions Club from giving St. Anthony 50% of the <br /> 39 profits the club members had already agreed should remain in <br /> 40 St. Anthony; <br /> 41 <br /> s <br /> 7 <br />