Slots pass KY House; Williams making Senate vote dubious

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this Williams dude needs to be put down...

Now is the time when Williams' bluff is called.

[Kasept]

Kentucky residents can call their state senator IMMEDIATELY and let their office know that you want HOUSE BILL 2 sent forward to the Senate for a vote...

Sen. Charlie Borders (R): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 676
Sen. Bob Leeper (I): (vice chair)(502) 564-8100 Ext. 712
Sen. David E. Boswell (D): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 662
Sen. Tom Buford (R): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 610
Sen. Denise Harper Angel (D): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 633
Sen. Ernie Harris (R): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 605
Sen. Dan Kelly (R): (502) 564-2450
Sen. Alice Forgy Kerr (R): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 625
Sen. Vernie McGaha (R): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 656
Sen. R.J. Palmer (D): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 714
Sen. Joey Pendleton (D): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 622
Sen. Tim Shaughnessy (D): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 621
Sen. Brandon Smith (R): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 661
Sen. Robert Stivers (R): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 623
Sen. Gary Tapp (R): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 648
Sen. Elizabeth Tori (R): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 645
Sen. Jack Westwood (R): (502) 564-8100 Ext. 615

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Senate President David Williams said Friday that he would send the Senate home if the House doesn't send the expanded gambling bill to the Senate by 4:30 p.m. Monday.



Williams, R-Burkesville, said if the bill makes it to the Senate before then, he would send it to the budget committee where he predicted it would get a fair hearing and then be voted down by committee members.

By a 52-45 vote Friday, the House passed the bill, which will allow video lottery terminals at racetracks.

Williams said the House held the bill back from the Senate to allow casino lobbyists to pressure Senate members during the weekend and on Monday.

The full Senate voted to approve the governor's budget proposal and a measure that creates a funding mechanism for the Ohio River Bridges Project, establishes incentives to lure a NASCAR Sprint Cup race to the Kentucky Speedway and places a 10 percent tax on lottery tickets to boost horse racing purses and breeders' incentives.

Williams said he hopes the House will agree to set up conference committees on those measures Monday afternoon. He said the House could then pass the measures that day and both chambers could adjourn.

http://www.courier-journal.com/artic...NTPAGECAROUSEL

This is good news. It's almost becoming predictable.

http://www.courier-journal.com/artic...pecial+session

Voters were told two years ago that they would get a chance to vote on the expansion of gambling, and polls showed huge majorities wanting to get that chance. Constitutional amendments cannot be proposed in special sessions, and can get on the ballot only when legislators are up for election. The next opportunities will come in the session that begins in January and the election of Nov. 2, 2010. Let that be the day that Kentucky voters finally close this chapter in the state's long history of gambling and focus on other issues.