It just reinforces the concept that there is an easy way to make money. It's fool's gold they are looking at.

No one should be working until those background checks are completed.

This reflects a process that appears rushed and disorganized. They want to issue licenses this fall, and right now, it doesn't seem like [gaming board members] know what they are doing.

We are in the right cycle to do it.

If you want a state negotiator, that's fine, too, but get one. If you don't communicate, you'll never get anything accomplished.

It may seem that I'm involved more than I should be. It's when people come to you and they ask you to go to meetings and say 'here's a problem, can you solve it?' And you don't mind becoming involved in local issues because if you can help them out with a government bureaucracy then you want to help them do that.