Comments on: LOOKING A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH IN OHIO AND KENTUCKY http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/looking-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth-in-ohio-and-kentucky-3134.htm William Shanklin Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Shanklin http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/looking-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth-in-ohio-and-kentucky-3134.htm/comment-page-1#comment-352 Bill Shanklin Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:04:05 +0000 http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/?p=3134#comment-352 I agree that casinos will damage the horse industry in Ohio. You also make a valid point about the loss of jobs from family-run farms. My point is that the arrest of a 19-year-0ld Dan Gilbert, a quarter of a century ago, should have no bearing on Issue 3. The way to counter Issue 3 is with facts not character assassination. We need to be able to debate and disagree without personally disparaging the people on the other side of the argument. An advertisement showing what casinos would do to small stables, family farms, blacksmiths, feed suppliers, etc. would be more compelling than attack ads on a man who owns the winningest pro sports team in Ohio. Also, it does not help the case of those opposed to Issue 3 that the former chairman of the Ohio State Racing Commission is supporting the case of Dan Gilbert and Penn National. I agree that casinos will damage the horse industry in Ohio. You also make a valid point about the loss of jobs from family-run farms. My point is that the arrest of a 19-year-0ld Dan Gilbert, a quarter of a century ago, should have no bearing on Issue 3. The way to counter Issue 3 is with facts not character assassination. We need to be able to debate and disagree without personally disparaging the people on the other side of the argument. An advertisement showing what casinos would do to small stables, family farms, blacksmiths, feed suppliers, etc. would be more compelling than attack ads on a man who owns the winningest pro sports team in Ohio. Also, it does not help the case of those opposed to Issue 3 that the former chairman of the Ohio State Racing Commission is supporting the case of Dan Gilbert and Penn National.

]]> By: God First Always http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/looking-a-gift-horse-in-the-mouth-in-ohio-and-kentucky-3134.htm/comment-page-1#comment-351 God First Always Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:42:33 +0000 http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/?p=3134#comment-351 Dan Gilbert became wealthy LYING about his past, and he is flat-out lying to us in Ohio now, too. If he explained his dangerous bookie operation - as we know it was, now, from the HEAD OF MICHIGAN'S ORGANIZED CRIME UNIT WHO WORE THE WIRE AND ARRESTED HIM - just like he lied to us in Ohio, then perhaps he'll start losing those businesses, too. Every single horse industry-related organization opposes Issue 3 because it will KILL our businesses. The job loss from closing family-run horse farms will wash out any job gain from the bookies' casinos. Rethink it, Bill. This is not the kind of lying and cheating Gift Horse we want in Ohio - ever. Dan Gilbert became wealthy LYING about his past, and he is flat-out lying to us in Ohio now, too. If he explained his dangerous bookie operation – as we know it was, now, from the HEAD OF MICHIGAN’S ORGANIZED CRIME UNIT WHO WORE THE WIRE AND ARRESTED HIM – just like he lied to us in Ohio, then perhaps he’ll start losing those businesses, too.

Every single horse industry-related organization opposes Issue 3 because it will KILL our businesses. The job loss from closing family-run horse farms will wash out any job gain from the bookies’ casinos.

Rethink it, Bill. This is not the kind of lying and cheating Gift Horse we want in Ohio – ever.

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