Day: October 21, 2009

Florida House Speaker Larry Cretul has asked the National Indian Gaming Commission to render an opinion on the validity of the 2007 compact that Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe agreed to, according to the <a href="http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2009/10/house-declares-impasse-in-gambling-pact-asks-for-feds-help.html">St. Petersburg Tiimes</a>. Cretul met with George Skibine, acting chairman of the NIGC, on Tuesday. Skibine was in […]

Gov. Charlie Crist and Senate President Jeff Atwater have called for a special session of the Florida Legislature in December to discuss funding for rail systems in the state. Crist also is urging Atwater to include the Seminole Gaming Compact to the agenda, but Atwater has been noncommital on that and, based on the public […]