TACK OR TACKY TIME

in Ruston. It will be interesting to see which way the Ruston Town Council tacks on June 7 Monday regular council meeting. In the judge's decision just released the Town attorney and the council were unable to determine what a majority of the council is under their own rules and procedures.

Jim Hedrick did vote no seeking more time for discussion and public comment but they could not be saved from themselves.

Doesn't leave much room for interpretation. Either they were oblivious to the facts or this was a deliberate action? They do not know what they are doing or this was a malicious act? If it was a mistake would they spend two years in court defending it? Spend $100 thousand dollars trying to justify a mistake? You tell me.

Mr. Fabre's card room booking and most of his income lost. forty five people lost their jobs and possibly their homes. The Town of Ruston lost $32 thousand dollars annually in gambling taxes. Make sense yet?

Something tells me the ramifications of this are just beginning.

Bankrupt the Point Defiance Cafe and Casino while simultaneously bankrupting the Town of Ruston. Two for one with Ruston footing all the bills. What was their reasoning? I will try to find out.

They may appeal but it will have to be done during Regular Council meeting and not Executive session.

Judge Frank Cuthbertson's decision here. You may need to click twice to see document image.





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