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08-25-2010, 04:10 PM
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=z31etaz62gp6wf&xid=z31ca453ek9v5x&done=.z31w02msafhlpx
Excerpt:
Bo Derek probably didn’t get upstaged much during her heyday in the 1970s and ‘80s, when she was one of the world’s most recognizable sex symbols. But when her name goes before the Senate Rules Committee Wednesday morning, she’ll likely be overshadowed by another appointee to the California Horse Racing Board.
That appointee would be the board chairman, Keith Brackpool. Neither actually has to show up for the hearing, but Brackpool now finds himself in the middle of a bitter fight over AB 2414, a bill authored by Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, that would make huge changes in horse race betting in the state — including authorizing a kind of betting that reminds some of the complex financial instruments that nearly brought down the economy two years ago.
Brackpool is a former appointee in the Gray Davis administration, and a major player in past water battles in the state via his company, Cadiz Inc. But it’s his lead role in crafting horse racing legislation that has some privately wondering if he could face a confirmation battle. Meanwhile, opponents of the bill have launched a late-session ad buy in an attempt to stop it.
Excerpt:
Bo Derek probably didn’t get upstaged much during her heyday in the 1970s and ‘80s, when she was one of the world’s most recognizable sex symbols. But when her name goes before the Senate Rules Committee Wednesday morning, she’ll likely be overshadowed by another appointee to the California Horse Racing Board.
That appointee would be the board chairman, Keith Brackpool. Neither actually has to show up for the hearing, but Brackpool now finds himself in the middle of a bitter fight over AB 2414, a bill authored by Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, that would make huge changes in horse race betting in the state — including authorizing a kind of betting that reminds some of the complex financial instruments that nearly brought down the economy two years ago.
Brackpool is a former appointee in the Gray Davis administration, and a major player in past water battles in the state via his company, Cadiz Inc. But it’s his lead role in crafting horse racing legislation that has some privately wondering if he could face a confirmation battle. Meanwhile, opponents of the bill have launched a late-session ad buy in an attempt to stop it.