National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling
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The National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling (NCALG) was formed in 1994 as a 501.c 3 not-for-profit educational organization.
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[edit] Mission Statement
"The National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling compiles information on the adverse personal, social, economic and public health impacts of gambling and disseminates it to citizens and policy-makers at the local, state and national levels."
[edit] Board of Directors
- Guy C. Clark, Chairman
New Mexico Coalition Against Gambling
- Dianne M. Berlin, Vice Chair
CasinoFreePA coordinator
- Joel S. Rose, Vice Chair
Coalition Against Gambling in New York
- Mrs. B. JoDean Joy - Secretary
Citizens Uniting for Gambling Reform, Inc.
- Mr. George Buffett - Treasurer
- Cynthia J. Abrams
Program Director, Alcohol and Other Addictions
General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church
- Rev. Harvey Chinn
- Rev. Lorin Clemenz
Coordinator, ICALG
- Barrett Duke, Ph.D.
Vice President for Public Policy and Research
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
Southern Baptist Convention
- Mr. William S. Evans
Public Affairs, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Joseph C. Godfrey
Alabama Citizens Action Program (ALCAP)
- Dr. Dan Ireland
Alabama Citizens Action Program
- Grant Ipsen
- Audray R. Johnson
Southeastern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (SDA)
- Pat Loontjer,
Director Gambling With the Good Life (Nebraska)
- Suzii Paynter
Baptist General Convention of Texas
- David Robertson, D.D.S.
WYBETT, Wyomingites for a Better Economy Today and Tomorrow
- Carey M. Theil
- Weston W. Ware, Ph.D
Texans Against Gambling
[edit] Activities
The NCALG is funded by donations from its 2,500 members, a $10,000 contribution from the Mormon Church to set up an 800 phone number, and director Tom Grey's own $3,000-a-month stipend from the Methodist Church. NCALG's Washington office, in a back room of the National Council of Churches, is staffed by volunteers. According to Grey, "We're up against a multibillion-dollar industry, and we're beating them with housewives and dentists."[1]
The NCALG produced a video called "Fireside Chat with Warren Buffett and Tom Grey"[2]
The Indiana State Gaming Commission heard testimony from representatives of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling, according to the Post-Tribune in an article dated March 9, 2007 "which decried Cline Avenue's transformation into "the Las Vegas Strip of the Midwest" thanks to expansion projects under way or envisioned at area casinos." [3]
