A very interesting Letter To The Editor written to the Baltimore Sun:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opi...pinion-letters
You'll need to page down to the bottom - entitled "Slots shift dollars to racetrack owners".
Written by a former CFO of the Maryland Jockey Club and acting CFO of Magna.
There's got to be some rumblings about a special legislative session being called in Md to address the slots issue via the state's structural deficit that has caused this recent Balt Sun story. Makes me think it's becoming more likely that one will be called by the end of the summer.
But even if one is called, slots are far from a done deal. If you are interested in reading some input/discussion on them from the Balt Sun's talk forum, go here:
http://www.baltimoresun2.com/talk/sh...d.php?t=105867
Growing sentiment is why should a dying industry be propped up by slots just so a foreign company can be given a financial handout by the taxpayers of the state. I've argued for slots for a long time but it is getting increasingly hard, if not impossible, to support Magna and DeFrancis being handed a huge windfall.