She didn’t tell me,”<\/strong> Smith said of his wife’s P2E work to The Advocate<\/i>. “Any involvement by her would not change my opinion that letting the people of that area vote on the issue is the correct vote.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nP2E says its Slidell casino would create 1,700 construction jobs and 1,900 permanent positions thereafter. The parish would benefit directly from a five percent tax on all gross gaming revenue being earmarked to stay locally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe St. Tammany Parish Council in February endorsed the effort to allow voters to decide if they wish to end the area’s prohibition on gambling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An effort in Louisiana to relocate a riverboat casino license from Bossier City to Slidell in St. Tammany Parish made progress this week in the state senate.\u00a0 Senate Bill 213, authored by Sen. Sharon Hewitt (R-Slidell), narrowly passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday by a 4-3 vote. If the bill passes the Senate and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":171324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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