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comes law.”
The senators would be “abdicating our responsibility” by not voting the matter on the floor, he said.
Lottery sponsor Sen. William E. Fears (D-Accomack) accused Sen. Anderson of trying to scotch the lot* tery by giving it the “fish treatment,” which prompted hearty laughter and a corrective chant ol “the shad treatment” from his colleagues.
The shad treatment means to whittle away at legislation in the manner of slowly cleaning a fish. Shad is of the salmon family, which runs upstream during tiie apple blossom season.
Sen. Fears said a referendum is needed because the lottery is a “moral issue to a lot of people” and thus should be decided by the voters.
He noted that such “moral” issues as liquor by the drink and parimutuel betting were put to referendum. The lottery should be handled likewise, he added.
He accused Sen. Anderson and Senate opponents of the lottery ol “trying to stall everything as long aa they can.”
An Anderson amendment to delay a Senate decision on the lottery for a year failed by a 24-16 vote.
Sen. Anderson’s amendment tc restrict the sale of lottery ticket* through state agencies also failed bj voice vote.
Sen. Wiley F. Mitchell Jr. (R Alexandria) wanted the lottery revenue deposited in a state housing trust fund.
That amendment failed, wit) Sen. Fears saying that the allocatioi of lottery funds for housing need) would disproportionately benefit Northern Virginians.
The chief House patron of the lottery, Del J. W. “Billy” O’Brien (DVirginia Beach), says the game eventually will generate more than $400 million annually for the state.
The House and Senate version! of the lottery legislation diffei slightly. If need be, they will be worked out in conference committee.
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