Ethics board refuses to back off casino job - 2004-01-09
The Louisiana Board of Ethics has not agreed to reconsider its earlier decision of forbidding Calcasieu Parish police juror-elect Kevin Guidry to take office while keeping his casino job.

Guidry, who is scheduled to be sworn in Monday, still has a lawsuit pending against the ethics board in state district court.

State law prohibits an elected official from doing business with a riverboat casino except as a patron, the board said in a November opinion. Guidry had asked the board to reconsider the opinion at its meeting Thursday.
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Indian Casino - 2004-01-09
Unless Governor-elect Kathleen Blanco changes her mind about a reservation casino adjacdent to Shreveport-Bossier City, the Jena Band of Choctaws will redirect its efforts at having a gambling hall to its home parishes of Grant and LaSalle.

In a statement, chief Christine Norris said the tribe was disappointed by Governor Mike Foster's decision to leave the issue to Blanco, who takes office Monday.

Foster had been negotiating with the tribe for a casino in Logansport, which would compete with state-taxed casinos in Shreveport-Bossier City.
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