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Video Poker 247 - Candidates Talking About Video Poker

The governor’s race for Louisiana is starting to get very ugly, and it seems that video poker is at the heart of it. U.S. Rep Bobby Jindal, a Republican, says that John Georges, who maintains no political affiliation, is trying to reduce the number of troopers, and that his plan “reeks of corruption and self interest.”

He claims that the video poker king is simply trying to make things easier on himself and his cronies, but reducing the work force that is there to make sure that corruption doesn’t happen. Georges says that Jindal is trying to make something out of nothing, while taking campaign contributions from video poker interests.

Each candidate has video poker ties, and each is quick to point out that they are simply defending themselves against the other. Georges says that he has signed off on his video poker business, but Jindel says that with Georges holding the deed he is still in the video poker business no matter what he says.

Jindel says that it would be erroneous and short sighted to cut back on funding that would protect the video poker industry from corruption. Georges says that he is simply taking the police from that assignment and putting them back on the streets where they would do more good. He says that civilians should be working the department instead.

Dwight Robinette, a spokesperson for the gaming division says that police are brought into the department only after they tire of being out on the road. He says that although Georges seems to think that they come out of the academy and into the enforcement program - that is not actually the case.


 

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