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03-10-2010, 05:10 PM
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How funny the state politicos are... NOW these morons spout off about 'urgency'... The previous EIGHT YEARS didn't provide enough of an opportunity to get this done. Laughable frauds.
http://tinyurl.com/ya76jow NY Lawmakers Want Urgency in Casino Decision By Tom Precious Updated: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:45 PM Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:45 PM State lawmakers March 10 urged Gov. David Paterson, who is considering pulling the plug on Aqueduct Entertainment Group’s casino deal at Aqueduct, to pick from one of the remaining bidders if the AEG contract is scuttled. “We need to move from the other choices available. There’s no reason to start from scratch again,’’ Sen. Eric Adams, a Brooklyn Democrat and chairman of the Senate’s racing committee, said if Paterson and legislative leaders kill the AEG deal. The state’s Lottery Division has told aides to Paterson that it does not believe AEG can obtain the licenses it needs from the agency to run the Aqueduct casino. Sources said the agency, among it concerns, raised issues with Karl O’Farrell, an Australian businessman who ran Capital Play, which bid on a previous Aqueduct casino project. AEG officials have sought to assure lottery officials that O’Farrell has no role with its current bid.
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03-11-2010, 10:15 AM
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'Unlicensable' AEG may be bounced from struggling Aqueduct racino project as early as today (Wednesday)
The group chosen to run the Aqueduct racino failed to clear all the state's hurdles and could be bounced as soon as Wednesday, the Daily News has learned. The news comes a day after high-profile investors Jay-Z and Queens Rev. Floyd Flake ran away from the project. The Lottery Division last night forwarded a memo to Gov. Paterson's chief of staff, Larry Schwartz, and chief counsel, Peter Kiernan, stating that Aqueduct Entertainment Group is "unlicensable" for numerous reasons, a source told The News. A second source said Schwartz and Kiernan - who have final say for the administration after Paterson revealed yesterday he recused himself from any involvement in the project - had not made a final decision as of Tuesday night, but that "a decision could be made as early as [today] as to what the fate of AEG will be." http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010...#ixzz0hsx1Tp2S
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03-11-2010, 10:37 AM
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It's so sad.. Now this has to begin again get rebid get re investigated and that will take time. So expect that NYRA will be at the State Legislature begging for money to run a meet. Expect policticians to grandstand and push their agenda and expect in the 24th hour after all the blowhards posture themselves for their pending campaigns that the State delves NYRA money to proceed..
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#6
03-11-2010, 11:51 AM
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Call me cynical, but the selection of another bidder would probably moot most of the issues tied to the AEG selection process and put an end to the investigations related to it.
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#7
03-11-2010, 01:08 PM
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Of course, as long as the lame duck is our Governor, there is no telling what happens next. Though, I would assume it won't be long before Patterson is charged criminally and forced to resign. You can pick and choose between the Aqueduct deal, the obstruction of justice regarding his top aide's domestic violence or the free Yankee tickets as to which situation he will likely be charged criminally first. My guess is the domestic violence.
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