The organizations listed on our news release verbally gave us their support and indicated they'd be sending in letters. |
The president seemed positive about helping us. They spent just a few minutes talking. |
The reason why we're having this discussion is because we want to build schools. Keno is a way we can do that. We don't see a reason why legislators wouldn't support building roads or schools. |
There is going to be give and take in the final budget. We're confident we are going to emerge with a budget that meets the needs of the governor, the legislators who approve it and the people of this state. |
They are not that far apart. |
This is a game of chance that is considered a lottery game. The lottery has specific abilities and they wouldn't have the ability to do video poker for instance. |
We are willing to consider other ideas from the General Assembly. |
We cannot understand why anyone in their right mind would want to return to the system that we inherited. |
We don't see this as (an expansion of gambling) because it's something that the lottery can already do. It's comparable to a new convenience store going up that sells lottery tickets. That wouldn't be an expansion of gambling. |
We feel like it's a good meeting and it's something to build on. |
We had been discussing with them, answering questions, but didn't know the attorney general would be issuing an opinion today. |
We see it as just another lottery game that's comparable to bingo. |
We think it's pretty outrageous that they're asking us to cover their legal fees when we're not done with the legal battle. |
We think the right way to provide relief is through tapping the strategic petroleum reserves. |
We think we would be much better served by passing a capital bill. There are a lot of schools in Illinois with needs including those that are still on the list. Passing a comprehensive capital construction program is the right thing to do. |