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Originally Posted by VOL JACK
People make the mistake of thinking that all of KY is all wrapped up in Horse Racing... I bet there are not 5 people in Burkesville that can name this years derby winner. I live 45 minutes away from Burkesville. People in the Northern Tn- Southern Ky area are clueless about Horse Racing.
Its light years away from the Lexington-Louisville area where HR is KING.
Williams has no interest in the bill because his district has no interest in the sport..the town is such a crap hole the Dairy Queen couldnt even stay in business.
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but it's not just the racing part of the product-how much business and industry is affected by the racing industry? what about farmers, vets, farriers, etc, etc? what about the tourism industry which includes hotels, restaurants, etc? what would a dramatic drop in outside income affect in the state? the tax revenue drop would be horrible to contemplate.
take the entire population that would be affected by racing drastically being reduced or disappearing and tell me that the state wouldn't be dramatically altered.