Morrisette seeks gambling repeal
By Jacqueline Woge
Emerald Woporto'
Mayor Bill Morrisette used his Stale of the City
address Monday night to ask the Springfield City
(loum il to repeal a gambling ordinance it passed
m 1991
After reviewing the accomplishments of 199.:
and thanking the council and stall for their hard
work. Morrisette spoke of Ills i onrern about the
possible harm continued gambling could i ause
the city
Morrisette said the St and S4 (retting he envi
sioned taking place under the Sim ial Games drill
nance lias allowed thousands of dollars to i hange
hands When the ordinance was adopted in |une
of 1991. two establishments had licenses lor lour
gambling tables Currently. i7 total tables are It
i ensed for lfi taverns
The ordinance does not control who may ileal
the games or what type of games are played, lie
said games not < overed by Springfield’s card table
license, such as craps and roulette, .ire allegedly
being played locally
In Nevada dealers are licensed and watched
through one way mirrors to ensure honesty
Springfield has no watch rnei hanism
Returning count il member Bruce Iterg said he
believes it is time to ban scm ial games I he i nun
i il voted three to three last year, with Morrisette
splitting the tie in favor of maintaining the ordi
nance He said two ot the counc il members that
voted against the ordinance last year are still on
the coutu.il
"From what I know now I would probably lent
gambling Morrisette said He said In* hoped to
review the issue in the next two or three months
Iliree other issue* Morrisette focused on were
capping wages and Ivenefits tor public employees,
promoting economic growth and the controver
sial Ballot Measure 20-0H involving the rights of
homosexuals
Morrisette asked Springfield to allow the issue
to lie transferred from the pohtii.il arena to the
courts (mm ause of its cpiestionable constitutional
itv
Berg said a Springfield resident is c urrentlv try
ing to c hallenge the c onstitutionality of the nrdi
name h\ claiming that the Springfield I'tditv
Board is cutting his eiec tru itv l»‘t ause he is guv
I assume most of us on the i mini il would like
to sec- the issue go aw avBerg said
Morrisette said his tactics in reducing wages
would involve some roundabout methods
Morrisette said he would use his influent e as
president ot the Oregon Mayor's Assix iation and
chairman of the lame Canine il of Governments to
persuade oilier jurisdic turns to red in e the salaries
thev pav their employees 1 his would allow
Springfield to redut e its alreadv lielow median
salaries without risking the loss ot good emplov
ees to other jurisdic lions
Morrisette said lie would focus his e< onoillii
growth plan on the secondary wood products in
dlislrv Operation Bootstraps IS Based oil all
idea brought to him In a Springfield resident File
idea is to sponsor a i onlest lor loc al residents on
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