Angela Harrison helps her horse “Colors Runaway King” to hit the brakes as they near a barrel on Thursday. Barrel racers took to the racing arenas at the Gretna racing venue on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Visitors got to bet on the results for the first time. As Florida considers ushering in a new era of casino …
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Jan
28
Jan
28
State of Florida using taxpayer dollars to defend Gretna pari-mutuel barrel racing unwanted expansion of gambling
While the State of Florida grapples with a $2 billion budget deficit, one of its top regulatory agencies is simultaneously expending untold taxpayer funds to escalate and exacerbate a costly legal battle to defend the expansion of gambling, to which Florida’s top-ranking state legislators have repeatedly voiced their increasing opposition during the past several weeks. …

