Thursday, July 24, 2008
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since 2007.
SB1410: Recorded simulcast horse racing; State to receive certain percentage.
Chief Patron
Sen.
Tommy Norment (R-3)
Tommy Norment
(R-3)
Served: 1992–
Progress
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Status
Bill is Dead
Summary
Recorded simulcast horse racing; allocations to Commonwealth Transportation Trust Fund. Provides for simulcast of and wagering on recorded horse races and further provides that, after payment of prizes, 49 percent of proceeds from such races shall be distributed to the Commonwealth Transportation Trust Fund.
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9 votes
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Comments
There's no doubt that Virginia needs to deal with transportation issues...our infrastructure is crumbling and inadequate.
But expanding the "gaming industry" in VA isn't the answer. It amounts to a regressive tax, one that falls most heavily on folks who can't afford it and who gamble out of loneliness, desperation, or addiction. I'm surprised to see this coming from a GOP Senator, particularly in conservative and mostly Christian VA, where the party is supposedly the defender of traditional values.
Lets be honest about the merits of this bill. If Virginia was truly the defender of traditional values as you state and wish to protect us from the gaming industry, then please lead the charge against bingo in churches and also ask for the end to the state lottery.
This is coming from a life long republican but I get tired of others choosing when they want to preach for traditional values. I am anot lonly, desperate or addicted. I like going to the horsetrack and the OTBs. Sometimes I gamble and sometimes i watch. It is my choice.
As we move on in this century, Virginia is becoming less a conservative state. Just look at the recent elections. By the wat gambling on horses has a rich tradition in this state going back to our founding fathers, so thank God they did not express that same opinion.