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m.enterprisenews.com/news/20160609/renov...brockton-fairgrounds
"Construction is underway at the Brockton Fairgrounds to rebuild the horse track on the site, ahead of the first thoroughbred racing event there in 15 years. Using industrial machinery to screen loam and mix it with sand, the Brockton Fairgrounds is laying down a new surface for the five-furlong track, said property owner George Carney. The goal is to run at least 30 days of racing this Year." Carney and the horse racing association are seeking around $5 million from a state horse racing fund overseen by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to inject into purses and increase potential winnings for participants. Carney said that an application was submitted to allow 15 days of racing at the track this year, but he and others are hoping the legislature will pass a law granting them an unlimited amount of races in Brockton. After resurfacing the track, Carney said the inner guard rail will need to be fixed, after the aluminum structure was stolen for scrap last year. "We have to work to get some track in shape, so the horse people can come and train in there," Carney said."
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What about his tax status now if the grounds are no longer going to be used for agriculture?
If he can make enough money on the race track only being used for a very small part of the year, he has to be doing very well.
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However, what's the downside.? He cleans up the Fairgrounds, people get work, (details, cleanup, concessions) and it doesn't cost COB anything.
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dadof2 wrote: Yes. I may be wrong but I don't see the draw.
The draw is for Carney. The basic facilities are in place, so if he can make a buck off it he will. Notice that he's not putting any money into the facility. He's seeking $5 million from the horse racing fund - it doesn't cost $5 million to resurface a dirt track.
You can't fix stupid.
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oldskool wrote: hell, if i were carney i'd do the same thing... he could care less about brockton, and why should he?.... the place is a dump and is undeserving of anyone's respect, let alone a millionaire's
Give it a rest will you.
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Dennis M wrote:
dadof2 wrote: Yes. I may be wrong but I don't see the draw.
The draw is for Carney. The basic facilities are in place, so if he can make a buck off it he will. Notice that he's not putting any money into the facility. He's seeking $5 million from the horse racing fund - it doesn't cost $5 million to resurface a dirt track.
I meant the draw for the attendees. Two afternoon racing days. Just not sure it's going to bring the crowds. But it doesn't cost the COB anything, we may get some upside revenue and some fairground cleanup. So win, win.
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BrocktonDave wrote:
oldskool wrote: hell, if i were carney i'd do the same thing... he could care less about brockton, and why should he?.... the place is a dump and is undeserving of anyone's respect, let alone a millionaire's
Give it a rest will you.
i was waiting for this... lol... i am beating a dead horse, huh?... LOL!
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Not saying it's a bad thing, but we need something more concrete for US, not Carney. I have to agree that it will no doubt become another Rox ordeal. Hope not, but I'm not all that enthused nor will I attend, because I can't afford to gamble.
There are many addicted gamblers he will do fine with.
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No horsing around: Two groups representing thoroughbred owners, trainers to battle in court
By adamg on Sat, 06/11/2016 - 10:21am
'A federal lawsuit filed this week could determine whether attendees at the Brockton Fair get to see horse racing this summer. The New England Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, based in East Boston, filed suit in US District Court in Boston against the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association over who gets to represent horse owners and trainers - and against a contract the latter group signed with Brockton Fairgrounds owner George Carney for races in July.
www.universalhub.com/2016/no-more-horsin...-groups-representing
In its complaint, the New England group alleges the Massachusetts group is basically a front for Carney, who it charges wants to avoid paying $300,000 in simulcast fees he allegedly still owes for Raynham Park simulcasts of races at Suffolk Downs. Also, the suit charges, the contract for Brockton racing is illegal - because the upstart group is not authorized to represent "horsemen" - and even dangerous, because the fairground track is simply not safe. The race track is a five-furlong bullring race track. It is significantly less than one mile in circumference and narrow. This renders the race track extremely dangerous to the thoroughbreds racing there and to the jockeys riding them if proper safeguards are not in place. Indeed, the race track has not been utilized since 2001, after a tragic accident occurred there. During the fourth race on opening day of the meet in 2001, four of the seven thoroughbreds were injured competing in that race. As a result of that accident, two of the four injured thoroughbreds had to be humanely destroyed. Nevertheless, the MTHA has agreed to race at the Brockton Fairgrounds without ensuring that track management took the necessary steps to minimize the risks of racing at this dated facility and to improve horse and jockey safety.
The New England group alleges the Interstate Horseracing Act sets certain conditions for who can represent horse owners and trainers and that the Massachusetts group meets none of those.
The group, which is also alleging defamation by the newer organization, asks a judge to declare it the sole representative of horse owners and trainers in the state, that he cancel the Brockton racing contract and tell Carney that if he wants to have horse racing at the fairgrounds - and earn more money from simulcasting it - he needs to sign a contract with the New England group."
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"The Littlefields said their opposition is simple: They don’t consider the Mashpee to be a legitimate tribe. Michelle Littlefield said research shows the tribe “ceased to exist” under a government policy of assimilation carried out in the 19th century. The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs read the history differently and conferred federal recognition on the Mashpee in 2007, the first step in building the casino. The agency later backed the tribe’s contention that its ancestors once lived on the Taunton land where the casino is planned."
"Dave Littlefield said other tribes — the Pokanoket, for one — actually occupied the land in what is now Taunton, and that the Bureau of Indian Affairs glossed over that history in its haste to approve the Mashpee as a casino owner.“They said, ‘Let’s just give it to them,’ ” Dave Littlefield said."
www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/06/27/tau...w%3Atwitter#comments
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m.enterprisenews.com/news/20160728/feder...-block-tribal-casino
"U.S. District Court judge has sided with a group of Taunton citizens looking to block the construction of a casino planned in the city by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. The federal government is expected to appeal the decision. The attorney representing the residents, Adam Bond, told The Enterprise that Judge William G. Young ruled that the federal government erred when it granted land in trust status for a Native American reservation in Taunton last year.
Federal law allows tribes to open casinos on reservations, and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe began work on its planned $1 billion project in the spring. Young ruled that the U.S. Department of Interior's interpretation of the Indian Reorganization Act, used to validate the land in trust status, goes against a proper reading of the law."
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m.enterprisenews.com/news/20160721/retur...by-gaming-commission
"The new proposal by Carney's organization, the Middleborough Agricultural Society, calls for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to put the $1.4 million previously requested for track operation and administration costs into the purse account of the horsemen group that is sponsoring the plan to bring thoroughbred racing back to the Brockton Fairgrounds. The new proposal is for a $3.9 million purse account for the Massachusetts Thoroughbred Horsemen Association, which is an increase from the original $2.5 million purse request. The plan is still to hold 15 days of racing this year at the five-furlong track at the Brockton Fairgrounds, with $265,000 in purse payouts per race day."
"Michael Morizio, an attorney representing Carney, said that the Middleborough Agricultural Society would form a private agreement with the horsemen association to cover the cost of track operations. Morizio said the revision of the proposal gets around a prohibitive interpretation of state law regarding use of the Race Horse Development Fund that was presented by Massachusetts Gaming Commission Director of Racing Alexandra Lightbown, as she justified a recommendation against the original $1.4 million request for track operations during a previous meeting on July 21."
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As for neglect of the property, why is he allowed to let it go, whereas others have to either pay a fine or clean theirs up?
I know a portion of the land is for agriculture, but what part is that? Or can he choose?
If we all sang the same note in the choir, We'd never have harmony
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Carney: " I need $3.9 million in purse money. Horse owners will pay my administrative fees."
This is Hysterical!
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