Very strongly worded piece from Nancy Smith in response to step one of the FL legislature's handiwork with this..
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/sto...threw-you-away
Florida horsemen are screwed. Only a miracle can save the $1.2 billion Florida horse racing industry they represent. Not a single savior emerged Tuesday.
The House Regulatory Affairs Committee quick-marched forward three bills in its revised gambling legislation, with only a handful of objections. In fact, not even one of the three lawmakers voting against the pari-mutuels bill (PCB RAC 16-02) did so because they want to preserve horse racing -- an economic engine that breathes life into hundreds of thousands of rural Florida families.
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