tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post521291918051091862..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: One Man in a CornerAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1501821348534641562007-10-18T15:30:00.000-04:002007-10-18T15:30:00.000-04:00got to agree that Bruno's plan can't be dismissed ...got to agree that Bruno's plan can't be dismissed -- not with the NY Post story that NYC OTB is about to go belly-up. NYRA has a summer of good weather at saratoga and everybody's drooling to give this bankrupt and corrupt group 30 more years and hundreds of millions more in tax payer subsidies. <BR/>maybe racing going dark in NYS (in the winter at Big A, bid deal) will shake this industry up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-82522929790605282982007-10-17T20:36:00.000-04:002007-10-17T20:36:00.000-04:00NYRA's finally "toast." Thank goodness! NYRA has...NYRA's finally "toast." Thank goodness! NYRA has led racing's decline, not only in NY but in the country. Maybe once and for all NY can rid itself of the "Kentucky influence" that has used it for its own showcase (making stallions and graded races), while forgetting about the toatilty of horse breeding and racing throughout America. NYRA has merely been Kentucky's puppet for decades. Look through the prior and current NYRA trustee list and "persons of consequence" that have been associated with NYRA and then tell me that I am wrong. Bruno knows and cares more about the past, present and future of racing than Spitzer and Silver will ever know in their lifetimes. He's also tired of Kentucky calling the shots in NY. My hats's off to Bruno and Larkin on this one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-69283197120905664592007-10-16T22:45:00.000-04:002007-10-16T22:45:00.000-04:00Let's review:According to published reports, Bruno...Let's review:<BR/><BR/>According to published reports, Bruno flatly rejected the governor's proposal: "We are not going to do that, pure and simple," Bruno said.<BR/><BR/>Speaker Silver criticized the Bruno plan saying it had “no details” and “no clear vision” and “no substance.”<BR/><BR/>Spitzer weighed in later, arguing that the Senate plan was late - six weeks after the Spitzer recommendation was made. Spitzer also complained that the Bruno "plan appears to raise as many questions as it answers, including which entities would actually operate racing and the VLT facility at Aqueduct."<BR/><BR/>Okay: The pot calling the kettle. The Spitzer plan took nine months and raised as many questions as it answered and still doesn't answer who runs vlt's at Aqueduct ... <BR/><BR/>The Bruno plan, like the Spitzer plan, by any reasonable standard, has "no details", “no clear vision” and “no substance" ... <BR/><BR/>And the Silver plan? Well, apparently he lacks one. Great exhibit of leadership there, huh?<BR/><BR/>And people wonder why racing is in trouble?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com