Slots pass KY House; Williams making Senate vote dubious

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Anybody hear anything from the A & R Committee yet? Are they hearing testimony right now? (I couldn't get to Frankfort today)

Out of all the State Senators I e-mailed, the only response I got was from Denise Harper Angel (D), who wrote:

"I will vote in favor of HB 2 in the Appropriations & Revenue Committee meeting and I hope that I have the opportunity to vote on this important legislation on the Senate Floor. Thank you for contacting me. Denise Senator Harper Angel"

Edit: Paulick live-blogging it here: http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/li...slots-hearing/

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From Paulick Report:

5:55 p.m. … In closing, Sen. Borders reiterates his believe that every Kentucky legislator wants to helpo the horse industry, but then tips his own vote by saying, "We believe there is already a measure out there that does that. (the Williams alternate plan that taxes the lottery and out of state wagering on Kentucky racing."

Yes, let's totally kill purses here by increasing takeout on those out-of-staters that bet on KY tracks.

The anti-gambling folks are next.
6:00 p.m. David Edmunds of the Family Foundation begins by complaining that Nick Nicholson’s PowerPoint presentation is getting stale. He also doesn’t think the VLT is constitutional, reading from Section 226 of the Kentucky Constitution. He evokes the name of Bernie Madoff in saying his type of pyramid scheme is unconstitutional under Kentucky law. How reassuring.

What a great guy this Edmunds is. Insults Nicholson (always best to start with a personal attack). Disputes what the Attorney General said regarding Constitutionality (just ignore the real facts if you don't like what they say, and make something up out of thin air). Compare the subject under discussion to something that has no similarity whatsoever, but sounds really scary.

And this is the side that will be listened to. Holy crap.

This is hilarious. If they don't allow this bill on the Senate floor it will be a travesty...and they probably won't.

We need to declare war on southern and eastern Kentucky. We need more guns and ammo though.

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Originally Posted by Coach Pants

This is hilarious. If they don't allow this bill on the Senate floor it will be a travesty...and they probably won't.

We need to declare war on southern and eastern Kentucky. We need more guns and ammo though.

No prob, the south side is loaded with them up here. Will bring down next week

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Have guns and ammo. The east will be tough, they have the hills to retreat into. And all the coal money wants to come down to the plateau anyway.

We can take southern Kentucky - isn't that where Williams is from?

Williams is from Metcalfe County...Southern Kentucky.

Now a guy speaking on the behalf of "charitable gaming" is sharing his thoughts.

Charitable gaming is a politically correct term for CHURCH BINGO.

Separation of church and state. Please. FFS. Get those f.ucktards out of there.

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Paulick liveblog:

6:50 p.m. … Sen. Boswell moved to pass House Bill 2 to the Senate floor without comment. Chairman Borders said the motion was out of order but would be honored in a few minutes. That woke a few people up.