Dallas Card Room Council Vote
On May 7th we have a vote in a city in North Dallas called Farmers Branch. It will be to allow cardroom use in the city. We are looking for support and people with ties to Farmers Branch to speak.
If you are from the area please come out and support us. I'll get there at 5 and it starts at 6. Should be a fun one, I hope we get the opportunity to have a room in this location for large tournaments and a second stream location.
On May 7th we have a vote in a city in North Dallas called Farmers Branch. It will be to allow cardroom use in the city. We are looking for support and people with ties to Farmers Branch to speak.
If you are from the area please come out and support us. I'll get there at 5 and it starts at 6. Should be a fun one, I hope we get the opportunity to have a room in this location for large tournaments and a second stream location.
Good luck Doug. Let us know how we can help
Thanks, if you know anyone in the area invite them out!
Let us know how it went, the mood of the council, etc. Probably you'll do a follow up vid about it but I'm curious to know what your impression was. Good luck!
Dallas is FILLED with bloods & crips and some heavy hitting latin gangs call dallas their home...
Prepare for the worst hope for the best
they are not
Do any other cities have upcoming votes? I think that Mckinney, Melissa and Anna are a little more progressive.
kind of predictable. gotta grease those palms doug
Doug is grooming himself for public office, love to see it.
Don't forget when he attempted to run for Mayor of Las Vegas and tried to oust Carolyn Goodman.
Need to hire Wendy Byrde for lobbying.
On May 7th we have a vote in a city in North Dallas called Farmers Branch. It will be to allow cardroom use in the city. We are looking for support and people with ties to Farmers Branch to speak.
If you are from the area please come out and support us. I'll get there at 5 and it starts at 6. Should be a fun one, I hope we get the opportunity to have a room in this location for large tournaments and a second stream location.
The NIMBYs are strong and irrational down here in DFW, they've taken me out a few times as well, bummed you didnt get it passed
They'll probably drive to the Winstar this weekend to celebrate
Best of luck elsewhere
All you need is 3/5? Incentivize the 1 on your side to advocate for you. Sounds like you walked in hoping a face value strat would pan out and got crushed.
The great game of lobbying
They don't make it easy with poker still having the perception of being a strip club instead of being a wonderful experience for those putting their money up to compete (debatable)
Poker could use better high level marketing to help communicate the positives the game can bring to the community and people who play it.
I could make a good argument for for and against being in a small Texas town and having a big ass gambling hall move in to the town.
Hard to fight the Oklahoma casino lobbyist.
Poker is great except for all the bad stuff
Talking about his success was naive and made him look arrogant. The main point is to convince others of why it helps them, not to self-promote. He needs some coaching and would benefit from taking a few seminars at McCombs, even if the material is stilted.
Joking around in the background while someone was at podium probably not helping either.
This guy had some good points about the small town.
Gonna be tough to change the minds of a bunch of pearl clutching old women.
