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Senator to sponsor gambling
Texas congressman to propose bill
legalizing operation of casinos
AUSTIN (AP) — A state sen
ator said Wednesday he’ll spon
sor a proposal for “first-class,
first-rate” casino gambling in
1995, although he acknowledges
the measure will face a hard
legislative fight.
“What I’m pushing for is to
give the voters of Texas the op
portunity to decide whether or
not they favor casino gambling ...
I think if it gets on the
(statewide) ballot, it has a very
good chance of passing,” said
Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston.
Attorney General Dan
Morales has ruled that a consti
tutional amendment is required
before casino gambling can be le
galized in Texas.
That means passage requires
a two-thirds vote of the Legisla
ture and Texans’ approval on a
state ballot, rather than just a
majority vote of lawmakers.
Lawmakers next meet in regular
session in January.
While Morales’ decision has
been viewed as a stumbling
block for legalizing casinos, Ellis
called it “a blessing in disguise.”
“It’s a lot easier if someone has
a philosophical problem with the
notion of gaming to simply vote to
let the people decide,” he said.
However, Ellis added, “I think
it’s a tough battle ... I think we
have a decent chance of getting
it out of the state Senate. In the
House, I think the battle’s going
to be a bit more difficult.”
Ellis said he doesn’t gamble
and has never even bought a
lottery ticket. He said his rea
sons.for pushing the legislation
are economic, citing estimates
that Texans spend $2.5 billion
annually on gambling in Neva
da and Louisiana.
“I want that money. There are
tremendous needs in Texas that
could be met with that addition
al revenue,” he said.
Under Ellis’ legislation —
which would provide for 25 casi
no gambling licenses to be
awarded statewide, subject to lo
cal-option votes — he estimates
the state would get an additional
$1 billion every two-year budget
period. City and county govern
ments would get another $200
million, he said.
An estimated 40,000 jobs also
would be created, he said.
Ellis said although dockside
casinos would make sense in
some areas, his trip to a New Or
leans riverboat casino “really did
just kind of turn my stomach.”
“The boat was full of working-
class people ... at 11 o’clock on
Saturday morning, and some of
them looked like they’d been
there all night, and only half of
them looked happy,” he said.
Ellis said he wants casinos
that will include shows and fam
ily entertainment, not just
places where people can do noth
ing but drink and gamble.
“My push will be for first-class,
first-rate, high-class, high-dollar,
major casino entertainment com
plexes in Texas,” he said.
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Quarantine decreases Texas TB cases
DALLAS (AP) — Tuberculosis cases in Texas
appear to have plateaued, in part because of ag
gressive testing of jail inmates, a tough quaran
tine program and an increased dedication of re
sources, an expert said Wednesday.
Ten years ago, TB was considered a scourge of
the past, vanquished in America by modem an
tibiotics. But in recent years, the chronic bacteri
al infection has made a comeback.
“What we’re being faced with is a leveling-off
situation,” said John Bybee, director of the
Texas Department of Health’s tuberculosis
elimination division.
Health officials still consider tuberculosis a se
rious threat. It usually strikes the lungs and
spreads through coughing and sneezing. It still
kills more people worldwide than any other infec
tious agent.
Last year in the United States, 26,673 cases of
active TB were reported, a 20 percent increase
since 1984, according to the federal Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Texas ranked third in the nation in the num
ber of TB cases with 2,393. California had 5,212
cases; New York, 3,953.
The 1994 pace is only about 2.8 percent ahead
of last year’s, according to figures reported
through September, Bybee said.
Bybee said the disease has become prevalent
again because HIV-infected individuals are more
susceptible to TB infection and immigrants who
come from countries where the disease is preva
lent carry it into the United States. Additionally,
the state has a large prison system and “it’s all
kind of interrelated,” he said.
But Bybee said a boost in resources to find in
fected individuals, identify people who may have
been exposed and follow up with treatment is
cutting down on the disease’s spread.
The health department’s concern about the ill
ness is evident in the size of Bybee's tuberculosis
eradication department. The amount of resources
and personnel dedicated statewide to the prob
lem is about five times bigger than it was in
1987, he said.
Additionally, new legislation went into effect
this year requiring county jails to screen all in
mates, he said.
Transmission usually takes place in crowded
environments like hospitals, prisons, schools
and shelters.
A staple of elimination efforts is directly ob
served treatment. Knocking out a TB infection
requires that a patient take potent antibiotics for
at least six months. But symptoms — which may
include fever, chest pain and coughing up blood
— diminish after a few weeks, and many patients
don’t bother to finish their treatment.
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