Yesterday, Family Council held a press conference about the Arkansas Lottery Commission’s plan to roll out 100 lottery ticket vending machines around the state and the 1,164 comments we received in opposition to the machines.
If you watched the news last night, chances are you saw us. Virtually every member of Central Arkansas’ media was represented at the press conference–all wanting to know what nearly 1,200 Arkansans thought about the lottery vending machines.
We’ve compiled a list of all the major news stories about yesterday’s events. Click on each link below to see the news coverage of your comments being turned in to the Arkansas Lottery Commission:
Tolbert Report (Video): http://tolbertreport.com/2010/08/12/family-council-of-arkansas-presents-public-comments-on-lottery-vending-machines
KARK Channel 4: http://arkansasmatters.com/news-fulltext?nxd_id=339655
KLRT Fox 16 (Video): http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/Anti-lottery-group-Vending-machine-opposition/AaS2mb9n40y92EnlJRR69g.cspx
KTHV Channel 11: http://www.todaysthv.com/news/business/story.aspx?storyid=113082&catid=119
KATV Channel 7: http://www.katv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12970727
Arkansas Democrat Gazette: http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/aug/13/machine-opposition-high-lottery-foe-says-20100813/
Arkansas New Bureau: http://arkansasnews.com/2010/08/12/public-hearing-planned-on-lottery-ticket-vending-machines/
I believe it’s important to point out that even though we’re the ones on TV and in the paper, none of these stories are really about us. They’re about you and more than 1,100 other people who sent us comments. Without you and your comments, there would have been no press conference because there would have been no story. You helped do something really great yesterday, and I want to thank you for it.
There’s going to be a public hearing about these comments at the Wyndham Hotel in Little Rock at 1:00 PM on Thursday. I hope you will be able to attend the hearing, and reiterate to the Lottery Commission in person what you wrote in your comments: That lottery ticket vending machines are not something we need in Arkansas.
Thank you for all that you’ve done to help us stand in this fight.
