My point on sharing this is that the Supreme Court said this in February. Tim Fox went ahead and ruled the same way as he had before.
It makes me think that he didn’t even read the opinion from the court. If he had, he would have seen that if his ruling was appealed, he would be overturned.
However, the first time around, his ruling wasn’t appealed by the ARC. Why would he think anything different the second time around?
Well, CNB wasn’t in a position to appeal the ruling on the first go-round. All they could appeal was his order that they couldn’t intervene… and they won.
That meant they could appeal on the second go-round… and they drug the ARC and the AG with them on the appeal… and they won.
They also said in the opinion: “According to the record, Cherokee is the only potential casino operator with the support of the sitting county judge and quorum court.”
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All of this has absolutely nothing to do with Pope County and old money and the churches. This is two out-of-state investors trying to bully their way into building a casino in Pope County. They could care less about old money and churches. They’d bulldoze their way right over all of that if it weren’t for silly things like rules, and lawsuits, and litigation.