In the “Gambling in Alabama, part 4” series in the Sept. 23 issue, a comment about Rep. Tommy Sherer, D-Jasper, in the article about Walker County could mislead readers to think Sherer might support gambling efforts. But that is not the case. Sherer has been a consistent opponent of gambling and has always stood against efforts to expand gambling in Alabama.
Sherer did support a bill limiting bingo in Walker County to paper games and tried to help get it out of the House local legislation committee, but Rep. Ken Guin, D-Carbon Hill, opposed the bill. Because it was considered local legislation, it needed unanimous support from the local delegation to proceed. Without Guin’s support, it was a contested local bill and thus did not come out of committee. (TAB)
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