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Originally Posted by BillW
John,
This was a ploy by the Az. racing industry to force people to go to the tracks/OTB. Nothing more.
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I understand and agree. There are plenty of people to blame and Kyl is one of them, in my opinion.
Again, I agree. I attended the Yavapai/HANA meeting in person along with Jeff Platt. It was pretty productive given how new HANA was and what little cred we had at the time. That meeting gave HANA a boost. I was also very impressed with the GM and track announcer. Sadly, their names escape me -- Boomer? Those guys worked their tails off to get the plant open and ready for business and they seemed genuinely interested in growing Yavapai.
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It was business decisions such as this that was a prime motivator behind the formation of HANA.
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Once again, I agree. I felt strongly enough about the plight of horseplayers that I put together the first meetings to form HANA. I will always be very proud that I was able to help in it's creation.
When I left the board of HANA I knew it was in great hands. It's great to see the work continuing.
