Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Moving Team Elendil Posts

I am moving my triathlon posts off of Elendil's Journal. It just doesn't work to mix my training with Kentucky politics. If you are interested in following my triathlon training, I will be blogging at Team Elendil.

Posted by brians at 10:30 PM in Team Elendil

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KEEP's Next Move

Apparently the KEEP people have come up with a new solution after their multi-million dollar gambit last week blew up in their face. They realize that gambling isn't popular in many parts of the state so they have come up with a more localized solution to their problem.

The board voted unanimously to redouble efforts at membership and voter registration, but it did not take action on a specific legislative strategy now that efforts have stalled to remove Republican
Senate President David Williams, who opposes expanded gambling.
However, several alternatives were explored. Among them: amending the state’s lottery law to permit local-option referenda on allowing video lottery terminals, or slot machines, in counties where there are racetracks.
“We’re willing to let the people vote on it like you vote on a ‘wet/dry’ issue. That could be done quickly,” Jones said.

I think this is a brilliant change of course for them. They would easily win votes in Louisville and Lexington. The two locations they really care about. The only problem with their new idea is that it is still unconstitutional. You can call them video "lottery" terminals all you want, but that doesn't make them a lottery. Which means it isn't allowed by our state constitution. First they need to amend the constitution to allow slots and then they can have their regional votes. Call me a stickler, but I think it is important that we follow the state constitution since it is the law of Kentucky.