Something smells bad in N.J.

[richard burch]

A.C. is getting a 25 milion tax break?

while the meadowlands cannot even have a poker tournament?

also for some good articles on this subject check out the sboanj.

http://sboanj.com/index.asp?Key=1820

[richard burch]

http://horsetrackannouncer.blogspot.com/

(track)

[GoIrish]

Originally Posted by richard burch

A.C. is getting a 25 milion tax break?

while the meadowlands cannot even have a poker tournament?

also for some good articles on this subject check out the sboanj.

http://sboanj.com/index.asp?Key=1820

Yes I saw that. Unfortunately, as it made me immediately sick to my stomach. I was telling my buddy the other day, knowsing the results, I wish NJ never approved casino gambling. (This was a big shock to him as he knows me to be a gambler.) The entire state is beholden to the casinos. The politicos are in their pockets. This state is run by a teachers union and casinos.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by richard burch

A.C. is getting a 25 milion tax break?

while the meadowlands cannot even have a poker tournament?

also for some good articles on this subject check out the sboanj.

http://sboanj.com/index.asp?Key=1820

You do know that the state has a vested intrest in the whole casino Atlantic City casino industry/region?

[tector]

You mean besides the residents?

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by tector

You mean besides the residents?

Residents, as in probably most of their employment. Or as in their property values and that of the whole region. Not to mention all the tax revenues from generated income from the area.

My point was that it's obviously a much deeper issue than justthe govenor choosing to support AC over horse racing.

[tector]

AC over horse racing, if that is the choice, would be the smart play. Horse racing, if not not dying, is certainly decaying. It is less and less popular with each succeeding generation.

The real question, I suppose, is whether it really has to be AC v. horse racing. I don't know--or care--enough about NJ to answer that; we have enough problems down here in Florida for me to be concerned about another second tier jurisdiction.

But as others here can tell you I have maintained for years that there needs to be a lot less racing, which entails a lot less of everything--breeders, tracks,trainers, etc. People who have been in the racing biz are no more "entitled" to a racing livelihood than loggers are in an area that can no longer sustain logging.

I know as Americans we are taught that more is always better, but in this case (and many others), it is isn't. Small fields of poorly bred animals (most of whom come to a bad end) is no way to preserve this sport on any level. And to the extent racing can't compete in the market, then that extent deserves to go into oblivion. If racing becomes a boutique sport, I am fine with that. Unlike some others here, I am not a monomaniacal racing degenerate. I am just as happy being a degenerate at poker or blackjack table. Diversify your degeneracy, my friends.