The court order allowing a new casino vote in Richmond was suspended by a judge the same day it was due to be finalized.
Richmond Circuit Court Judge William R. Marchant, who signed off on the July 25 order to add a citywide referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot, made the decision Tuesday to give the city attorney’s office and a nonprofit time to file arguments in the legal effort to derail the city’s casino dreams.
Richmond Lodge No. 1 of the Good Lions, Inc., a nonprofit that holds charitable gaming twice a week at Pop’s Bingo World in Midlothian, filed motions to intervene – or enter a proceeding – in the court order and block the city from asking voters if they want a casino resort in Southside.
