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Oklahoma AG Mike Hunter says Gov. Stitt's new tribal gaming compacts 'not authorized' by state law
Tulsa World ^
| April 21, 2020
| By Randy Krehbiel
Posted on 04/22/2020 8:31:43 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Gov. Kevin Stitt and Attorney General Mike Hunter tangled Tuesday over tribal gaming compacts, signed in an elaborate ceremony earlier in the day, that authorize the Comanche and Otoe-Missouria tribal governments to begin sports betting and banked table games such as true blackjack.
Stitt hailed the agreements as a breakthrough in tribal gaming negotiations, but Hunter said the governor exceeded his powers.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Sports
KEYWORDS: oklahoma; sportsbetting; tribalgovernments
Anyone familiar with this situation in Oklahoma?
To: ConservativeStatement
Lots of that “overstepping your powers” thing going on right now....
The Tree of Liberty needs refreshing.
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posted on
04/22/2020 8:33:40 AM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
To: ConservativeStatement
My take...Indians always win....
Wonder where Stitt's stashed his kick back.
To: ConservativeStatement
Why doesn't the AG Just INDICT HIM FOR FRAUD?
Gov. Stitt does not have the authority to do what he claims to have done today,” Matthew Morgan, president of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association, said. “Without the engagement of the Oklahoma Legislature, he has entered agreements based on a claim of unilateral state authority to legalize sports books, to revamp the Oklahoma Lottery, and to authorize new gaming facilities in Norman and Stillwater, among other places. That’s simply not the law.
He is clearly operating Outside the Boundaries of Any Law and more than likely committing Numerous Felonies in the Process.
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posted on
04/22/2020 8:47:29 AM PDT
by
eyeamok
To: ConservativeStatement
Yup. Stitt is an idiot. That is the short version.
The long version is more complicated but Stitt is still an idiot.
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posted on
04/22/2020 8:54:35 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
To: Sacajaweau
More like extortion but that is a technicality.
Stitt is just another embarrassment in a long line of incapable dope governors in Oklahoma. Something in the water or air in Kalifornia turns brains to rice pudding. In Oklahoma it makes all politicians crooks and fools.
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posted on
04/22/2020 8:56:46 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
To: eyeamok
Forget impeachment. Try and convict the fool.
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posted on
04/22/2020 8:57:32 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
To: ConservativeStatement
I live in OK....I could careless about Casino's.
I'm part Native too...
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posted on
04/22/2020 8:59:32 AM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
To: Osage Orange
“Tribal gaming” ..... that’s racist ... shut them down!
To: ConservativeStatement
In WA state the legislature did also give exclusive rights to gambling on sports. Like they gave the same for blackjack, poker, slots, craps, keno...then the ability to collect State tax on sales and keep it, cigarette sales keep the tax, gas tax and keep it. They can buy property off the reservation, like former casinos and bars shut down because they were not allowed to gamble anymore....and it is considered reservation now. Add in, the only place you can smoke indoors, tribal casinos.
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posted on
04/22/2020 4:24:40 PM PDT
by
Glad2bnuts
(“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer)
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