Committee will decide casino bill wording
After meeting with House Democratic leaders Monday night, Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear said a House committee will decide Tuesday morning the form of the constitutional amendment allowing casinos.
Beshear also said that the top-ranking legislators must be "unified" for the gambling proposal to pass.
Beshear acknowledged that the House leadership team has been divided over the issue of whether tracks should be guaranteed casino licenses. But Beshear said he would be fine with any of the drafts that are currently in front of lawmakers. Some are more explicit than others about how many licenses would be granted to tracks.
Beshear proposed 12 casinos. All the House proposals call for nine casinos -- some specify five licenses for tracks, while others say tracks could get up to five, leaving open the possibility of no licenses for tracks.
If approved by the legislature, voters would have to approve the constitutional amendment allowing casino gambling.
- Ryan Alessi
This is real simple people. (1) Committee gets wording correct. (2) Jody takes it to a floor vote in the house. (3) Casino Bill passes by 65 votes. (4) Casino Bill moves to the Senate. (5) Casino Bill flys thru committee. (6) Casino Bill passes Senate Floor vote. (7) Governor Signs Bill into Law. (8) Ammendment is put on November Ballot. (9). Amendment passes by 70%. (10) Kentucky and its children Win.
Now does that take a rocket scientist to figure that out. No.
Go Obama.
kelsey.
Posted by:Kelsey | February 25, 2008 at 09:58 PM
Wanna bet!
Posted by:Philip | February 25, 2008 at 10:40 PM
How will this help the tracks if they are not guaranteed any of the liscense. If all of the casinos are free standing, away from the tracks, it will put the tracks down faster than a broken leg in the starting gate!
Posted by:kentucky needs help not mafia | February 25, 2008 at 10:47 PM
The House is a few votes short of approval at this point. However it makes no difference since the casino gambling Bill is DOA in the State Senate where the vote is 35-3 against the plan at best, and 25-13 against the plan at worse.
Posted by:beaverbear | February 26, 2008 at 07:12 AM
If this bill had wings then it would have flown thru the House in a much shorter time.
But, it didn't and half the session is gone.
Why?
There exist a system to identify every member of the HOUSE and SENATE. And, in that you will not find a single note that says; "LETS VOTE!"
The vote will show YES or NO. And many in the General Assembly are aware of this.
They want to please the Governor, but they don't want to give up their comfort zone they enjoy as being one of the most lack luster General Assemblies in the South.
Those citizens that understand the harmful impacts of CASINOS will know who they can trust to vote the feelings of the constituency of a particular district.
Whether this issue is going to get legs or not, is still not known. Many members feel the pressure from their constituents, and are hiding in the bushes near the Capitol.
They know it will be a recorded vote and available in time to be used as a wad, for the cannon, that will blow these politicians out of the water.
Silence . . . . IS CONSENT.
And who is to say which of our politico will become one of the 60,000 compulsive gamblers in Kentucky.
There is no immunity to greed!
Jim Anderson Stivers
Posted by:Jim Anderson Stivers | February 26, 2008 at 09:31 AM
Mr. Stivers: I appreciate your astuteness and knowledge in this issue and politics in general and thank you for sharing it.
Kelsey: I know you cannot be for real in your opinions, so I know your ramblings are just to get educated and researched opinions from posters like Mr. Stivers.
Posted by:Suspicious | February 26, 2008 at 09:52 AM
What about this?
This issue is definitely on "LIFE SUPPORT," but the oxygen was depleted this morning with the following.
A version failed this morning in a committee meeting, with three yes votes, five no votes and three passes.
jas in Frankfort
Posted by:Jim Anderson Stivers | February 26, 2008 at 09:59 AM