City Council rejects money from bingo halls in Alabama.

Times are hard in many areas and most councils are busy coming up with new ways in which to boost their income. For any council to return money is very unusual, but that’s what has happened in Fairfield, Alabama, USA. The City Council has just returned cheques amounting to $10,700 to two US bingo hall operators as they claim they are owed more money.

Mayor Kenneth Coachman has said that Sparkle Bingo is the only hall in the town that has paid what it owes in June. Two other halls, Bingo Fantastic and J&B Games, only paid a percentage of their fees as they were both asked to close on June 4th. Therefore they do not see why they should pay the full amount, and so sent pro-rata cheques which they felt was fair.

Councilman Ves Marable has said that the Council wants the full amounts as required by the city’s ordinance. ‘That amount of money is an insult and is unacceptable’ he said of the 2 cheques. The council is presently owed approximately $450,000 in fees.

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