Opinion: Lobbyist seeks to protect tribal gaming monopoly

Tuesday, June 7, 2011  

"An abhorrent "counterpoint" in the StarTribune, Minneapolis's mainstream daily, by a longtime Minnesota casino lobbyist, is the very definition of demagoguery. Lobbyist John McCarthy's ad hominem attack on me, personally, while distorting the history of racino legislation at the legislature, is simple proof of wretched excesses and the loony tunes arguments surrounding a statewide issue of putting "slot gaming" at the state's racetracks.

Why StarTribune ran his heedless, reckless collapse of judgment, contrary to known facts, and potentially libelously, is somewhat of a mystery. McCarthy's nasty, jagged-edged May 4 piece, is called a "counterpoint" to my commentary, "Indian casino lobby and the DFL party it props up" (April 30) in the same newspaper. My op-ed favors the state legislature finally, after a half dozen tries, approving enabling "racino" legislation."

Get the Story:
Gary Larson: Protecting the Indian Casino Monopoly in Minnesota (The American Thinker 6/3)

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