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Originally Posted by shanta

Relating to Silver from the article:

"Silver has remained firm in his belief that gaming should be limited to Aqueduct alone. Staff members have declined to explain his reasoning."

"Bruno said Silver is opposed to community oversight."


This Silver is a nightmare. He has his blasted mitts in so many pockets it's ridiculous.

We're screwed

S,
Permit me to play devil’s advocate here.

What has Silver done to incur horseplayer wrath? He supports the MOU. He appears to be against slots at BEL, not as an anti-gambling advocate, but from a community preservation standpoint. (Is he against Indian Casinos?). He’s been accused of wanting to keep slots out of BEL to divert all the revenue to Queens (NYC?), but how will they maximize slot revenue with competing racinos so close together and why should racing be de-emphasized at both venues?

Is his priority for non-racing issues unjustified? He’s not standing in Spitzer’s way with regard to the franchise…only Bruno’s whose goals and motives are questionable at best.

I don’t follow the other political issues in NY, but Silver apparently has served long enough to acquire unreasonable power, and on that basis alone, should probably be replaced (assuming it would be by someone no less competent) at the same time Bruno is.

I’m sure I’ll hear plenty for this post.