PaceAdvantage
02-09-2005, 04:03 AM
http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=26608
This coming from the man who's son is a paid lobbyist for Frank Stronach and Magna Entertainment?
Somebody wake me from this comedy (or is it a nightmare, I can't really tell yet).
Imagine along with me folks, for just one second:
Let's say Getnick & Getnick (they're very into the color red), the court-appointed law firm overseeing NYRA's deferred prosecution, were to find out one day that the son of a top NYRA executive was a lobbyist for a firm that NYRA has awarded a big fat contract. Something tells me one Mr. Eliot Spitzer would be on the phone faster than a fly on shit - more indictments would be flying up and down the New York State Thruway then you could shake a stick at, and a couple of big time articles plus a major editorial or two would be written in the Daily News.
Of course, my imagination in this instance is pure fiction, but the fictitious reaction to my thoughts would be dead-on. You all know damn well that if something like this were uncovered, much more than hell would break loose.
YET, we have a very REAL situation where the son of a major NY politician is a PAID LOBBYIST for Magna Entertainment!! Here's a quote from an article on Bloodhorse.Com:
Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, once NYRA's chief ally at the state Capitol, said the franchise award process could help provide the state with needed cash. "Everyone agrees that NYRA ought to go for-profit," Bruno said after a budget negotiation session with Gov. George Pataki and other legislative leaders.
I love that part where they say Bruno was once NYRA's chief ally. Was this before his son was hired by Magna to lobby NY State politicians? I think we all know the answer to that question. Conflict of interest for sure, but you never read much about it in all these articles written these days detailing just what an evil empire NYRA has become....:rolleyes:
This coming from the man who's son is a paid lobbyist for Frank Stronach and Magna Entertainment?
Somebody wake me from this comedy (or is it a nightmare, I can't really tell yet).
Imagine along with me folks, for just one second:
Let's say Getnick & Getnick (they're very into the color red), the court-appointed law firm overseeing NYRA's deferred prosecution, were to find out one day that the son of a top NYRA executive was a lobbyist for a firm that NYRA has awarded a big fat contract. Something tells me one Mr. Eliot Spitzer would be on the phone faster than a fly on shit - more indictments would be flying up and down the New York State Thruway then you could shake a stick at, and a couple of big time articles plus a major editorial or two would be written in the Daily News.
Of course, my imagination in this instance is pure fiction, but the fictitious reaction to my thoughts would be dead-on. You all know damn well that if something like this were uncovered, much more than hell would break loose.
YET, we have a very REAL situation where the son of a major NY politician is a PAID LOBBYIST for Magna Entertainment!! Here's a quote from an article on Bloodhorse.Com:
Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, once NYRA's chief ally at the state Capitol, said the franchise award process could help provide the state with needed cash. "Everyone agrees that NYRA ought to go for-profit," Bruno said after a budget negotiation session with Gov. George Pataki and other legislative leaders.
I love that part where they say Bruno was once NYRA's chief ally. Was this before his son was hired by Magna to lobby NY State politicians? I think we all know the answer to that question. Conflict of interest for sure, but you never read much about it in all these articles written these days detailing just what an evil empire NYRA has become....:rolleyes: