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Our campaign efforts have borne fruit.  We started two weeks ago with two "letters to the editor".  Anita Lee of the Sun Herald interviewed us on a Wednesday afternoon.  Her great front page story was published on Thursday 10/28.  Beverly Martin, Linda Hornsby, and Bobby Moak joined the battle in Mary Perez's Friday article.  The Mississippi Business Journal reported as well.  We have emailed our Governor, our Senator, and our Representative.  We have exchanged emails with our Mississippi Casino Operators Association, the Sun Herald, and WLOX.  We have had very productive meetings with Beverly Martin, Executive Director of the MCOA, and David Vincent, General Manager of WLOX.  Our compatriot, Connie Penuel, organized a powerful and very timely rally on our behalf.

Two weeks ago, we were dumped in the ditch two miles back.  Today, we are on the front burner.

This huge change could mean a possible 10-20 million dollar impact for our Mississippi Gulf Coast.

We are, by no means, out of the woods yet.  We would all like to see some "casino" claims being paid.  As previously reported by the Sun Herald, with less than half of "casino" claims checked, six were "paid" and almost nine hundred were still "denied claimant".

Still, we are now light years ahead of where we were two weeks ago.  WLOX reports, "The goal, according to Feinberg, is to make sure casino workers are considered just as fairly as others in the seafood and tourism industry."  We are about to get a whole new look through "new eyes".

Anita Lee, of the Sun Herald, deserves a Pulitzer Prize for bringing this into the light.  Again, millions of dollars are at stake here for all of us on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.  Thank you also, Mary Perez and Stan Tiner.  Beverly Martin, Executive Director of our Mississippi Casino Operators Association, has stared down the bull and opened his eyes.  Wow.  Krystal Allan, thank you for absolutely top notch reporting and editing.  Thank you, David Vincent and Brad Kessie for listening.

Mr. Kenneth Feinberg, thank you for visiting us.  Thank you for a new ear. 

---Brad McDonald...