Well, it looks like that pesky reality leaked into the state house because earlier this week the legislators voted to end the subsidies after 43 years.
“The subsidy was created decades ago when racetrack owners cut a deal with lawmakers,’’ said state Senator Sheila Roberge. “Since then we've all pledged to stop legislating when we're drunk.’’
State Senate Majority Leader Robert Clegg, was one of three senators to switch his vote. He said it was because the subsidy violates the state Constitution that requires the aid to go to public schools.
When asked why it took him 43 years to figure that out he said he "reads real slow, and there's a lot of big words in the Constitution."
Hmmm...Maybe if that money hadn't been diverted form the schools in the first place, the good Senator could have figured it a a few years back, right Eve?
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