We feel pretty good about what's going to happen because we think they have the votes. Like Willie, many of the casino's employees are black in a community where the ethnic group makes up 67 percent of the city's 487,674 residents, according to 2000 census numbers.
Violets are blue.
Table games supervisor Thomas Preston said the only employees who are worried are those who are new to the business or new to Louisiana politics. The governor said in November he wasn't calling a special session unless he has the votes. He called a special session, so he has the votes. But that guarantee expires March 31, and Harrah's Entertainment says it will refuse to continue to the payment agreement after that date. Poker room floor manager Steve Frezer noted that not all employees were 100 percent sure the deal was done.