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Life in a frontier town
Jan. 1st, 2006 08:31 pmOwner of "card room" claims that being a convicted felon is not a good reason to deny him license to operate gambling business
I should note that I work within a few blocks of the Pastime and when I visit my bank, which is on the opposite side of the street, I'm generally a lot more comfortable walking on the other side of the street because the crowd that hangs out around on the sidewalk in front of the card room makes me kinda ... fidgety.
It's also rather telling that his felony, the felony in question, is murdering the owner of a rival business.
Still, I'm amused by all of this. I had also wondered about the legal status of "card rooms" (which there are several in Fairbanks). And now I know: they're legal.
I should note that I work within a few blocks of the Pastime and when I visit my bank, which is on the opposite side of the street, I'm generally a lot more comfortable walking on the other side of the street because the crowd that hangs out around on the sidewalk in front of the card room makes me kinda ... fidgety.
It's also rather telling that his felony, the felony in question, is murdering the owner of a rival business.
Still, I'm amused by all of this. I had also wondered about the legal status of "card rooms" (which there are several in Fairbanks). And now I know: they're legal.