Let us ask State Senator Carol Alvarado, it is estimated that she could be worth as much as $5,000,000 (5 Million).
She loves to brag about her filibustered for 15 hours in defense of voting rights. Don’t believe that will bring money to her coffer.
However, carrying water for a multi-billionaire supporter of Trump could be helpful in making some extra money.
In November, state Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, refiled the casino bill she carried last session, though a House companion has not been filed yet. Source
Behind the push is the empire of the late
… lavishly funded and high-profile effort initiated by the late Sheldon Adelson and his gaming empire Las Vegas Sands to legalize casinos, specifically high-quality “destination resorts” in the state’s largest cities. Source
From the Times in Israel;
Jewish-American billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, a power broker and philanthropist known in his later years for his patronage of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has died at the age of 87.
Adelson, who owned the Las Vegas Sands gambling empire, died from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Sands and his wife, Miriam Adelson, announced Tuesday.
Who is Carol Alvarado working for?