emboldened by what they see as a compliant racing commission that will rubber-stamp whatever they want to do. |
has set us back in Annapolis. It has not been well received. |
In the first place, the chairman shouldn't be weighing in, |
It maintains what we need to do to go forward going into Annapolis. |
It's a major resolution of issues that have divided Maryland racing for more than a decade, particularly with respect to the General Assembly. We'll now be speaking with one voice. I can't remember the last time that happened. |
It's very technical, but I think it is an argument over nothing. There are more important issues out there. But we know what was discussed and what was intended when we made the agreement. And what can't be debated is that Magna is proposing stopping racing here on Preakness day, and the agreement says racing must run through Belmont day 2006. That's three weeks out of the calendar. You can't argue with that fact. |
Maryland horsemen and breeders to pay for all of Magna's (business) failures, not only in Maryland but everywhere else. And they have been emboldened to do it here because they believe they have a compliant racing commission that will rubber stamp their plans. |
Regardless of who owns the racetracks, the competitive forces in the region make it impossible if the playing field is not level, ... The problem for horsemen and breeders is that we're held hostage. Magna can cut expenses, but we can't. |
This is obviously all orchestrated, ... They told us they had some new information they wanted our input on, so of course we speculated it was something like this. They want to drop the atom bomb without anyone knowing about it first. |
We cannot allow Magna to dictate to this industry how racing should run in this state, ... This plan has set us back in Annapolis. It has not been well received, make no mistake about it. |
We cannot allow Magna to dictate to this industry how racing should run in this state. We cannot do it with a 112-day racing plan or a 129-day racing plan. It will not work. |
We're not going to get everything we want and the track will not get everything it wants. There's going to be compromise. |