Lies & Lying Liars that tell them

[Kasept]

There can be no sadder figure in the NY franchise scenario than hapless Jeff Perle... His parade of lies and mistatements from the start of the franchise battle have been laughable, and he tried to slip another past in Newsday:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/na...ghtrail-flashy

When Spitzer took office on Jan. 1, "there was no part of New York State government that needed change more desperately than NYRA and racing. Not only were they indicted, but then they went bankrupt," said Jeffrey Perlee, chief executive of Empire Racing --

This above highlighted section is yet another of Perle's desperate, pathetic, multi-facetted lies.

1.) NYRA is NOT, never was, and never will be PART OF NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT. Perle has tried to perpetuate this fallacy in an attempt to goad the public into thinking that NYRA is beholden to them as a public trust of some kind. It isn't and wasn't...

2.) "When Spitzer took office on Jan. 1", the federal deferred prosecution indictment against NYRA had been dropped, with NYRA having satisfied the government's requirements for it to be dropped...

3.) NYRA's filing for protection was a clever defensive posture in their land claim with the state, and came only when NY Governor Geo. Pataki conspired to withhold a portion of the $30 million advance the state had agreed to give NYRA. That advance was necessitated by the Pataki administration's conspiratorial efforts to hold off construction of the Aqueduct slot parlor to guarantee their ability to crony in Pataki's own choice(s) for the franchise...

Sad and desperate... Jeff Perle.


Also joining in on the frivolity, Andrew Goodell of Capital Play:

Andrew Goodell of Capital Play, another of the companies bidding and one of whose partners helps run the Melbourne Cup, disagreed. "The difference between us and NYRA is our attendance numbers go up and theirs go down. Our revenue has doubled in the last five years, while NYRA has gone into bankruptcy," he said.

Whoa... hold on there, mate! There's a few differences between you and NY racing! Mr. Goodell fails to mention that Australia is blessed with one (1).. count it, one, OTB/tote company.. the government's TAB. Let's see Capital Play's revenue stream after they grapple with NY's odious OTB corporations that have had a stranglehold on NYRA's profitability opportunity for 30 years..

And Jeff and Andy... one more thing. NYRA's a non-profit corporation... You ain't, are you? BOTH these entities that are telling us how much they're going to do for NY racing keep failing to tell you how... INCREASED TAKEOUT.. And INCREASED ADMISSION/TICKET PRICES.. There's a formula that will raise all boats, eh?

Thanks for the giggles boys.. I have a suggestion though. Call Magna Entertainment in Toronto. They have some racetracks that you might be interested in!