First Slice 10-12-15: Governor says he opposes casino proposal, unless...

Gov. Nathan Deal says he will inform state lawmakers that casinos in Georgia are not a good idea and does not improve the state’s quality of life. But if casino companies were OK with being taxed more, well, that’s another discussion. 
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? Some of the Sons of Confederate Veterans members aren’t thrilled about the plan to build a monument to Martin Luther King Jr. on top of Stone Mountain. “This is like the government going down to Auburn Avenue and putting a monument of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on top of the King monument,” one told the AJC. “How would supporters of Martin Luther King feel about that?” 
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? Edmond Richardson, Interim DeKalb County CEO Lee May’s chief of staff, has gone on medical leave approximately one week after an investigation urged his boss to resign. 
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? Real income and the gross domestic product in Georgia are rising. But the state’s sales tax revenues are not.
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? Mattie Jackson, the 93-year-old longtime Peoplestown resident who faced displacement to allow the city to build a retention pond, will be able to stay. But will her neighbors?
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? Interested in developing near MARTA’s Oakland City station? Incentives might be in your future, my friend.
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?Props to the counter protesters armed with oversized flowers who were able to briefly block out an anti-gay rally during yesterday’s Pride parade. 
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