Governor Responds to Attorney General 

Governor Bob Riley has made his position very clear over the past that he will not allow illegal slot machines to operate in his state. He says that the law is very clear in terms of what will be allowed and what isn’t and all of these lawmakers trying to make it seem like they are not breaking the law is ridiculous. The Attorney General of Alabama has jut come out saying that he was taking over the quest to eliminate illegal slot machines, but he has also made it very clear that he is not really interested in removing any of the machines that are already there. Allegedly he is more interested in supporting the gambling groups than he is the law. 

Riley said that he was “deeply disappointed” to see that the Attorney General was continuing to thwart the legal process. He said that they have been talking and they have tried to come to some kind of an agreement as to how the slot machines should be handled, and that he had suggested several ways that they might work together on this. He said that he had come up with the idea that the casinos close, their slot machines get evaluated, and if they are legal they open back up. If they are illegal, then they have to remove them from the premises. 

However, he says that the AG called a press conference to say that he was going against Riley on the issue, instead of simply telling him that he didn’t think it would work or that he did not agree with the plan. He said that the AG is only happy with a solution that allows the illegal slot machines to continue running, and he cannot support that decision. He says that a crime is a crime no matter how you look at it, and if it was a drug dealer or child molester than then it would be illegal – plain and simple.