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[IL] Jim Edgar urges governor to sign gambling expansion bill
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Sep 02, 2011 11:32pm |
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| Category | General |
| News Date | Wednesday, August 3, 2011 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar joined some of the state’s horsemen Monday to encourage Gov. Pat Quinn to sign the pending gambling expansion bill. Edgar supports the measure because he says it would help prop up the horse racing industry, which he says was booming before casinos came in. He rejects the notion that the state and casinos are subsidizing horse racing.
“If you don’t do it, then that industry goes away and you’ve got 30,000 people looking for jobs,” he says. “Many of those people will end up being subsidized by the state, and we can’t afford that.” |
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