on track...

Bill Mulvey seems to be a very sincere gentleman who is genuinely concerned with our situation, and as GCCF-casino liaision, wants to push through the Interim Claims process as efficiently as possible.  We have every reason to think that we are on track for successful resolution of our claims.

Fact update:  December 31 is NOT a hard deadline for filing our first Interim Claim.  Our first claim, no matter when filed, will go back to April 20, the day of the blow-out.  Subsequent Interim Claims may be filed once quarterly thereafter.  GCCF is pushing for accuracy in it's own forms and website information.  We had hoped to have the Interim Claims info by now, but we may still be looking at another week.  There had been thoughts that GCCF might have wanted to push through as many Final Claims as possible before Christmas, but that looks like so much conspiracy theory now.  Final Claims will probably not even be considered until next year.

We have been on the front page of the Sun Herald two days in a row now.  We all owe a great debt of thanks to Anita Lee of the Sun Herald for breaking our story and following it thus far.  And very much gratitude to Beverly Martin, Executive Director of the Mississippi Casino Operators Association, who is working closely with Bill Mulvey to establish 2010 pay rate guidelines relative to a good 2008 instead of an off year 2009.  She is a huge difference-maker for all of us. 

We are in a wait-and-see mode right now.  Let's get our Interim Claim info in the mail, check it out, and file accurately.  Our local GCCF office called today to congratulate us all on our front page story.  They will call us as soon as they are prepared to process Interim Claims.