tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post679294431152270538..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Gambling on Revenue RaisersAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-19282578139387007302010-06-26T16:00:57.321-04:002010-06-26T16:00:57.321-04:00translation: joe bruno took tax money taken from d...translation: joe bruno took tax money taken from downstaters and gave it to upstaters, who can't generate any real wealth for the state.Speedymannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-58896569409202565522010-06-26T10:06:12.576-04:002010-06-26T10:06:12.576-04:00GMP, every single politician that's corrupt sh...GMP, every single politician that's corrupt should be prosecuted the same way Bruno was. But you can't argue that because nobody else was that he's innocent, that doesn't make any sense. I agree that prosecutors should go after them all with the same vigor. The easiest solution for now is to just "vote the bums out" in November.El Angelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145024095815950963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-50710828080794566652010-06-26T08:54:35.893-04:002010-06-26T08:54:35.893-04:00So, how many others playing the Albany game are as...So, how many others playing the Albany game are as corrupt, or even more corrupt, than Joe Bruno? Joe Bruno was the sole victim of a political score settling by El-yut Spitzer.<br /><br /> Why should Joe take the fall alone for the sins of a totally corrupt political culture? Yes, he has always been a good friend of NY racing and NY racing fans should not forget it.<br /><br /> Certainly Saratoga County racing fans will not forget his contributions to racing and to the Saratoga County economy, one of the most robust in all of NY State. Joe could deliver on his promises and for that he will be remembered. /S/greenmtnpunterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-39357579844137227452010-06-26T00:15:10.951-04:002010-06-26T00:15:10.951-04:00So we should glorify someone for being corrupt if ...So we should glorify someone for being corrupt if it helps us in the end, the rest of the state be damned? That's unacceptable to me.El Angelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145024095815950963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-85241587147186631772010-06-25T19:18:03.491-04:002010-06-25T19:18:03.491-04:00OK, I'll pretend to be a legal expert (have a ...OK, I'll pretend to be a legal expert (have a law degree anyway). Looks to me overwhelmingly likely that Joe Bruno gets off. Maybe some of what he did qualifies as a "kickback;" I haven't, thankfully, read the trail transcript, but my money's on letting Joe go.<br /><br />And those of us in racing should always remember that he might have been a crook (that's for the courts to decide), but he was definitely our crook, always available to help out the racing industry. The last Albany politico who did as much for the game as Bruno was probably Averill Harriman in the 1950s (and he was rich enough to not have to bother being a crook).Steve Zornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00290710261555708639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-21553506405655262422010-06-25T08:34:40.831-04:002010-06-25T08:34:40.831-04:00Ameican justice rules! The head of Enron - how wa...Ameican justice rules! The head of Enron - how was he supposed to know what not to do under such a vague statute? Poor guy making legal billions entrapped by big government. Defendants deserve every protection (unless they sit silently for two hours under questioning - they don't deserve Miranda rights, do they?). <br /><br />What kind of sap would expect and demand honest services from a politician or CEO anyway? This is a free market system, everything and everyone is and should be for sale. The profit motive will insure that everything turns out great.steve in nchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061356872686618093noreply@blogger.com