Kevin McCaffrey President that does not belief in the right to work on Roman CAtholic Easter Sunday and Roman Catholic Palm Sunday when bettors want to bet. If you want to pray or take the day off you are surely free to do so. The books of Teamsters Local 707 are like that of the except with smaller numbers?
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By CHRIS HERRING
HOUSTON—NBA Players Union Executive Director Billy Hunter was fired from his position Saturday, ending an ugly, headline-grabbing standoff between him and the organization he'd led since 1996.
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Billy Hunter in 2011
Specifically, the 469-page audit published by lawyers at Paul, Weiss last month concluded that Hunter—while he'd engaged in no criminal wrongdoing—had put his own interest ahead of the union's. Among other things, it noted that Hunter knew his five-year, $15 million contract hadn't been approved by the players and that Hunter employed relatives within the organization. It also called into question Hunter's spending on gifts and travel.
"Going forward, we will no longer be divided, misled or misinformed. This is our union, and we are taking it back," said player union President Derek Fisher, who led the push to remove Hunter. Fisher issued the statement after the meeting, which Hunter was not invited to, but the union declined to take questions from reporters after the decision.
Hunter is being investigated by the United States attorney's office, the Labor Department and New York's attorney general.
Hunter's attorneys did not have an immediate comment on the decision Saturday, but they had issued a lengthy rebuttal to the accusations Friday. They labeled the audit as "rife with inaccuracies," denying that the 70-year-old union chief did anything that was illegal or violated the union's policies.
Hunter's legal team is arguing that his contract, which called for him to make nearly $10.5 million over the next three years , remains enforceable because his previous contract renewals were never subject to full votes. Additionally, his most recent contract extension, in 2010, was signed by Fisher, according to Hunter's attorneys.
The rebuttal from Hunter and his legal team suggested he would wage a legal battle with the union over that sum. "We stand ready to press his claims in the appropriate forum," they said in a statement.
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Stop scratching on holidays
Published: June 1, 2012
Off Track Betting in New York State has been racing into a crisis called shrinking revenue. Some people have spitballed a solution: Don’t close on holidays.
New York State Racing Law bars racing on Christmas, Easter and Palm Sunday, and the state has ruled OTBs can’t handle action on those days, even though they could easily broadcast races from out of state.
“You should be able to bet whenever you want,” said Jackson Leeds, a Nassau OTB employee who makes an occasional bet. He added some irrefutable logic: “How is the business going to make money if you’re not open to take people’s bets?”
Elias Tsekerides, president of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, said OTB is open on Greek Orthodox Easter and Palm Sunday.
“I don’t want discrimination,” Tsekerides said. “They close for the Catholics, but open for the Greek Orthodox? It’s either open for all or not open.”
OTB officials have said they lose millions by closing on Palm Sunday alone, with tracks such as Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise and Hawthorne running.
One option: OTBs could just stay open and face the consequences. New York City OTB did just that back in 2003. The handle was about $1.5 million – and OTB was fined $5,000.
Easy money.
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