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Originally Posted by pointman
Of course, it is not a shock that this got done, though a bit shocking that the legislature didn't wait until the day before the Belmont Stakes. I can't believe I am saying this, but now that Patterson is a lame duck he is actually starting to become somewhat effective as he no longer needs his corrupt Democrat former pals and is beginning to push for the right things, for one example, lowering the budget via spending cuts.
It seems to me that now would be a pretty good time for NYRA to push to merge NYCOTB into NYRA's operations as they may actually get Patterson to push to do the right thing here. If the media jumps on board and exposes the bloated patronage machine that NYCOTB is, combined with the fact that Frucher has burned his bridges in Albany, it would seem like it is possible it could get done.
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I wouldn't get too much hope on NYCOTB going away in this legislative session, due to union influence. The NYRA loan should have been an easy lift, but they had to put this in the emergency extender instead of doing it as a stand-alone bill as a result of union influence with Senate Democrats:
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories...storyID=934349
05-25-2010, 01:07 PM
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