A number of times, I have complained about people outside of Mississippi telling us how to run our state. When people who lived in Tennessee keep telling Desoto County that we want gambling casinos, I complained. I wasn’t the only one. We voted them out. They had to go down to Tunica to build their casinos. Incidentally, those that originally built casinos went out of business, I guess in a year or two. The big casino companies moved in and put them out of business. One of the big promises was that the big money from outside of the mid-south would build here. Glad we voted it down for sure now.

The fact of the matter is, the way I feel about it, they had no business using millions of dollars in campaigning here when they lived there. To be sure, it is legal. I see no way of making a law against it. However, it keeps getting more common and more difficult to stop.

I noticed there are ads on the radio on 600 WREC, fighting to keep casinos out. I have no idea who is behind trying to put casinos in, and it is none of my business. People living in Arkansas are running the ads and I feel for them. People with money have the power and they decide it is okay to use it anywhere they want to.

Truth be known, it is likely someone(s) in Tennessee trying to get casinos in Arkansas and the folks in Arkansas don’t like it.

Again, it’s not my fight. I have no business fighting for or against gambling in Arkansas. Then again, those in Tennessee have no business telling those in Arkansas what they want either. It is not right for them to try.

Incidentally, there was one time a talk show host came out against a republican running for governor. It double upset me cause it was not his business. Moreover, the republican lost and we were stuck with one of the worst governors we had in modern times for four years. The talk show host did not have to put up with the dumb dem governor. We did.

I think it is a good idea for us to remember that those state lines are there and we should respect them.