Crist: Poker deal will remain tied to Seminole Compact

Gov. Charlie Crist attended the United South & Eastern Tribes 2009 annual Board of Directors meeting at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood on Monday (Oct. 26). <em>Sun Sentinel</em> reporter (and Action blogger) Nick Sortal pressed the governor about splitting the no-limit poker and lowered slot taxes legislation from the Seminole Compact and pushing it through. Crist said that was not an option. Here is Sortal’s <a href="http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2009/10/why_we_still_dont_have_nolimit.html">blog report</a>.