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Casino Board Member Drops Request for Salary

DES MOINES, Iowa -- A member of the Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino board of directors has dropped his proposal that board members receive an annual salary.

Perry Chapin wanted a $12,000 salary for himself and 12 other people who oversee the Altoona casino and horse racing business. His proposal was approved 6-5, but not without some criticism.

Chapin said in a letter to colleagues Monday that "it was not my desire to divide or distress the board members," and said he now wants the issue to be "reconsidered and denied" at the board's Sept. 22 meeting.

"I think reason has prevailed," board member Maggi Moss said Monday. "It means that we move on to the issues that are important. We stay united with everybody and keep moving on to the issues that are tantamount."

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