Kentucky Trots Toward a Vote on Casinos -WSJ article

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ECONOMY
JANUARY 4, 2012
Kentucky Trots Toward a Vote on Casinos
Struggling Horse-Racing Industry Hopes Boost From New Gambling Will Help It Compete With Tracks in Other States
 

 

By TIMOTHY W. MARTIN and CAMERON MCWHIRTER
Kentucky political leaders could propose legislation as soon as this week to pave the way for legalizing casino gambling, making it the latest state to consider lifting a longtime ban on slot machines and roulette tables.

Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat who easily won re-election in November, said expanded gambling is a top priority for his second term. Leading Republicans

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A recent poll conducted by Democratic firm Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group showed that 64% of Kentuckians would vote for casino gambling. An even higher percentage

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ECONOMY
JANUARY 4, 2012
Kentucky Trots Toward a Vote on Casinos
Struggling Horse-Racing Industry Hopes Boost From New Gambling Will Help It Compete With Tracks in Other States
 

 

By TIMOTHY W. MARTIN and CAMERON MCWHIRTER
Kentucky political leaders could propose legislation as soon as this week to pave the way for legalizing casino gambling, making it the latest state to consider lifting a longtime ban on slot machines and roulette tables.

Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat who easily won re-election in November, said expanded gambling is a top priority for his second term. Leading Republicans

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Get on the train KY or it won't be stopping in KY much longer and that would be VERY VERY SAD!!!!

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Opposition by some Republican leaders and conservative groups remains strong. If casinos come to Kentucky, "businesses will lose, government will be corrupted and the vulnerable will be destroyed," said Kent Ostrander, executive director of the Family Foundation of Kentucky, a conservative public-policy organization based in Lexington. He said his group would fight any legislation for a constitutional-amendment vote. Republican Senate President David Williams, a longtime opponent of gambling who suffered a drubbing in his bid to unseat Mr. Beshear last November, is also expected to offer stiff resistance.

Get on the train KY or it won't be stopping in KY much longer and that would be VERY VERY SAD!!!!

I got a feeling that Churchill Corp has a big say in this matter