Not the first time this has happened at Louisiana Downs

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Originally Posted by pgardn

Sorry. I dont need to bash Louisiana too bad but my brother-in-law worked in the oil business and he said the payola to Govt. officials in the state was absolutely incredible and accepted. I did not believe this could go on in the U.S. when I heard some of the stories.

I love the drive over I-10 swamps though. I love the green tree frogs. I love all the swamp wildlife. Im serious. Some of the coolest stuff. Now the Yankees up in Shreveport... thats not serious enough wild for me.

Hey we have the very best politicians that MONEY CAN BUY. They even keep 90,000.00 in the freezer, under FBI investigation and get re-elected. Maybe this belongs in the OT threads. Since Katrina I have lost all of the little faith I did have in our politicians.
But this has brought up a something I never really thought about. On occasion I have not cashed some little win tickets (just kept forgetting to bring them to the track or OTB, like little 2.00 win tickets, never forget my substantial tickets) I don't know where I thought it went but certainly doesn't belong in our states' infamous gen. fund.
And as far as the post about the rule changing when Debartolo co. owned it well as you can see deep pockets get legislation in my state. The average joe has little to no impact. Sad.
I'm going to read more about the rules @ lsrc. I am south LA, so I don't go to LaDowns, I go to the Fairgrounds. But this has brought up some interesting stuff.