NYPost: Cuomo to solicit bids; No criminal wrongdoing in takeout snafu

[Left Bank]

So, If the state terminates the deal agreed to in 2008, Does NYRA get the deeds to the tracks back?
Sounds to me like politics as usual,with crooked politicians making up the rules as they go along to profit financially.

[Gaelic Storm]

http://tenoonan.com/2012/09/24/lates...w-york-racing/

Good blog post by Tom Noonan.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Gaelic Storm

http://tenoonan.com/2012/09/24/lates...w-york-racing/

Good blog post by Tom Noonan.

Thanks for posting the link. That was a good op-ed. Money quote (literally and figuratively):

<<Then there is the matter of the Cuomo Super PAC, or as it is known officially, the Committee to Save New York. The New York Times reported in June that casino interests had contributed some $2.5 million to the group. The Governor has refused to divulge the sources of other contributions that were made before the effective date of a law mandating such disclosures. What we do know, however, is that the Governor has made changing the state constitution to allow casinos one of his priorities. We also know that his interest in horse racing does not extend to attending premier events such as the Belmont Stakes or the Travers, but that in the space of less than four months, he has gone from ramming through a state government takeover of racing to now contracting it out to the highest bidder.>>

And, once again, we get to see what the Supreme Court hath wrought with that b*llsh*t Citizens United decision.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Thanks for posting the link. That was a good op-ed. Money quote (literally and figuratively):

<<Then there is the matter of the Cuomo Super PAC, or as it is known officially, the Committee to Save New York. The New York Times reported in June that casino interests had contributed some $2.5 million to the group. The Governor has refused to divulge the sources of other contributions that were made before the effective date of a law mandating such disclosures. What we do know, however, is that the Governor has made changing the state constitution to allow casinos one of his priorities. We also know that his interest in horse racing does not extend to attending premier events such as the Belmont Stakes or the Travers, but that in the space of less than four months, he has gone from ramming through a state government takeover of racing to now contracting it out to the highest bidder.>>

And, once again, we get to see what the Supreme Court hath wrought with that b*llsh*t Citizens United decision.

This is probably a stupid question, but if other people are buying the politicians, can't people sympathetic to horse racing buy them right back? Millions get dropped on yearlings, so I just wondered who was trying to, ehem, "invest" in political campaigns that's on our side here.

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

This is probably a stupid question, but if other people are buying the politicians, can't people sympathetic to horse racing buy them right back? Millions get dropped on yearlings, so I just wondered who was trying to, ehem, "invest" in political campaigns that's on our side here.

Obviously it isn't this simple, but who do you think has more money to spend, casino interests or racetracks and owners?