April 23, 2004
ANCHORAGE (AP) -- A bill that could allow a gambling casino in Anchorage has passed the state House Finance Committee.
The bill, sponsored by the committee, would set up a state gambling commission with the power to allow a single casino in Anchorage.
The bill was the idea of Perry Green, a well-known Anchorage furrier and poker player, who proposes to turn the failed state-owned Anchorage Seafood International plant into a casino.
Green has employed some of the top lobbyists at the Capitol to push the measure, which he describes as a way to create jobs and provide tax revenue to the state and city.
• Comments are published and readable immediately upon submission. If you want to submit a comment that you don't want published, send it to our staff with the "Letters" submission form.
• HTML, including style tags and hyperlinks, will be automatically removed.
• Comments are not edited. They are either displayed in their entirety or not displayed at all. Comments judged to be inappropriate for the DJC audience will be removed.
