Senate Leader Backs GOP Chairman

{Cross Lanes, West Virginia}...State GOP Chairman Mike Stuart has been criticized by fellow Republicans and others after calling on voters to repeal table games at Mardi Gras Casino and Resort. Stuart's claim that Mardi Gras should be held accountable for not providing promised jobs and development caught some GOP lawmakers by surprise, and prompted a meeting between Stuart and Senate Republicans. Senate Minority Leader Mike Hall says he later received a negative text message sent from Stuart's phone about the meeting. Hall says he's letting the matter drop after Stuart denied sending it. Hall says he remains confident in the state GOP chairman.