Wisconsin's greyhound racing industry, which was launched 20 years ago with great expectations, has ended with a whimper.Well that's an owy, right State Representative Dean Kaufert?
"I don't think we're going to miss it," said state Kaufert, "It was hot for a while, then the luster kind of went away.Yeah. Having to dispose of all those dead and injured animals sort of takes the luster out of it. Not to mention the fact that it never made money. Still, things aren't so bad are they Marsha Kelly, a communications consultant for the American Greyhound Track Owners Association and the American Greyhound Council?
"I would say (the dog-racing industry) is in fair shape," Kelly said. The heyday for dog racing was in the late 1980s and early 1990s. A number of tracks have closed since then, but the industry remains viable, she added."Viable." You hear that all you tree hugging, Birkenstock wearing, pinko animal rights wackos? Sure, nine tracks closed in 2009, but just look at the ones still open. They're booming.
VictoryLand, the greyhound racing track and electronic bingo complex east of Montgomery, has laid off 225 employees, according to the Montgomery Advertiser.Hey, "temporary." It says "temporary" in the article. So those folks will be back to work...uh...someday. Right after they fix the bathroom. People get so hyper about stuff like that, huh Victor?
Victor is a very calm, loving and relaxed boy. He is friendly and social and will greet everyone. He is very well-mannered and sweet. He is very affectionate. He will approach you and look lovingly into your eyes and will rest his head on your lap. He likes to play with toys and his tail swings around like a helicopter. He likes to crawl into small spaces like a ferret. Victor would do well in a working family home with well-mannered children, 10 and up. He is good with other dogs and would probably be fine as an only dog.Lazlo Update: Lazlo is at the Vet being...erm...adjusted. After that, it's a trip to the dentist and then off to find that permanent couch.
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Marsha Kelly, in communications for the "Dog Tracks" (and not particularly for "the units) has stated, and quite emphatically, that tracks are still "viable"?
Oh yeah!
Like "viable" in that they don't give a shit about their own employees falling on bathroom floors full of water and leakage , and "Victoryland" in Alabama has just proven that.
Like "viable" in that it's ok for GREYHOUNDS to have spinal injuries and be out of work cause all they do is execute them, but, unfortunately, they could not execute Ronnie Lawrence.
Ronnie Lawrence went to court, unlike the Greyhounds, and sued and as a result of his drastic fall on a filthy bathroom floor full of who knows what. As a result of blatant irresponsibility and absolute negligence, he "collected" 1.5 million bucks because that is what happens when people are abusive and do not give a damn, about dogs or people. And that includes, especially, the very employees they dump and fire as well.
So, whenever and however, Marsha Kelly thinks the tracks are still "viable", tell that to all the dead Greyhounds shot, drowned, dumped in medical laboratories or just plain "disappeared"
As for REAL, LIVE, DEMANDING RESPECT, PEOPLE, like RONNIE LAWRENCE, well, he and we are going to end you all.
Terrific!
We got the State Representative of Wisconsin and some hick Mayor in Wisconsin proclaiming how "HOT" and how "GLITZY" Greyhound Racing has been.
Well, forgive us "gentlemen", but what has been "HOT" and what has been "GLITZY" in Wisconsin is not necessarily what is "GLITZY" and" HOT" elsewhere.
But let's play your game.
HOT like in FRAUDS?
HOT like in ODDS?
HOT like in DRUGS and AMMUNITION and CRIME?
Well, sure!
We all do know that !
And let's not forget about the SPARK PLUGS!
And then there is GLITZY!
GLITZY like in MAFIA?
And GLITZY as in TERRORISM and all its GLOBAL NETWORKING?
Good for you GREYHOUND ADVOCATES in WISCONSIN.
In fact, we'll even "help" you guys "out".
How about GLITZY as in HOLLYWOOD.
With reference to these two blogs, many of us are asking WHERE DOES DOUG PIZZI FALL INTO ALL OF THIS?
In answer to the last blog, we all know where DOUG PIZZI falls into this. Question really is WHO is going to play him?
I say, let Michael Imperioli do his "magic". He was so excellent as "Christopher" on the SOPRANOS that maybe he could play DOUG PIZZI.
He is also very popular in HOLLYWOOD.
There are hundreds of members from the Humane Society on this List and with all their hook-ups to the thousands of Animal Rights activists, particularly in Hollywood, a production would easily be in the making especially with the tons of information and proof.
Also, never forget that the DEA is tracking all these illicit drugs and arms and the criminals that make it happen. And this same DEA shares all their information with the FBI and the CIA, worldwide.
In other words, "Kansas King" should definitely be a "Go!"
We all seem to have forgotten the GREYHOUND LIST and its owner who "devised" it, her name being DONNA.
So many of us were terribly upset and disturbed with the supposed "neutrality" that dozens of us did leave. However, the dozens that did stay on and accumulated information for the ultimate purpose of the FBI, we are all so very "Greytful" .
It is with this vast sea of knowledge from superior individuals that GLOBAL will come tumbling down and Greyhounds, everywhere, shall be set free. And with them their most ancient and royal pedigree.
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