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• 1 *the legislature had recently put more restrictions on the pull 2 tab operations; 3 *he hoped no Councilmember would base his or her vote on 4 personal opposition to gambling but rather would vote on what "could 5 be a good thing for St. Anthony. " 6 disputed the assumption that St. Anthony couldn't restrict 7 licenses to only City organizations, citing the wording of the New 8 Brighton and Shoreview ordinances to support his contention. He 9 reminded the Council that St. Anthony was the only city in the area 10 which didn't allow pull tabs. 11 The reaction to these remarks were as follows: 12 Childs told the Lions Club representatives the City Attorney had 13 provided the Council with a detailed opinion related to the issues he 14 anticipated the City would have to deal with if the ordinance were 15 changed to allow pull tabs. 16 One of the questions Mr. Soth had raised had been whether the City 17 could constitutionally refuse licenses to not only City applicants 18 but also those from outside the City as well . In regard to writing 19 an ordinance, Mr. Childs said he would show Mr. Soth the Columbia 20 Heights and New Brighton ordinances and seek further clarification 21 regarding the discrepancies in opinion. He said he and Mr. Soth had • 22 previously talked about an ordinance which would limit the sale of 23 pull tabs to places which sold liquor. This was based on previous 24 conversations related to a possible Bingo operation where the 25 Council had seemed to have some concerns about the ages of the 26 persons who would be exposed to such operations. The Manager also 27 mentioned that it was his understanding that, even if the City could 28 limit the number of locations where pull tabs could be sold, there 29 might be a problem restricting the licenses for each location. 30 Sundland indicated a coalition might or might not help to change the 31 previous majority opposition to pull tabs on the Council. He said he 32 personally had no objections to pull tabs and would be willing to put 33 the ordinance change up for a Council vote either that night or 34 during a future Council meeting after the Lions have met with the 35 Chamber of Commerce. 36 Aansllo said he had nothing against pull tabs per se but still had 37 concerns about their regulation and whether licenses to operate pull 38 tabs games could be limited to only City organizations. He also 39 reminded the proponents that there might be an adverse public 40 reaction to pull tabs once the ordinance is given its first reading. 41 He recalled that it might have been the advocating of the sale of 42 pull tabs to help out the school district which had caused the defeat 43 of one of the school board candidates in the recent election. The 44 Councilmember also pointed out that one of the first organizations to • 5