We await word from the Vatican & Pope Francis

Done. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jackson Leeds 
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 6:38 PM
To: Meichtry, Stacy Stacy.Meichtry@wsj.com
Subject: Can you please forward this to the Vatican ? Thanks Jackson Leeds

Dear Pope Francis:
Please tell your believers in New York State including Governor Andrew 
Cuomo that the Church does not need the help of the State of New York to 
keep the faithful out of Nassau OTB including on the Sundays that you 
observe Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. People of many beliefs or no 
beliefs at all bet and/or work at Nassau OTB and should be free to do so 
whenever tracks are running anywhere in the US. There are significant 
tracks running on your Easter Sunday. Please help.


March 24, 2013, 8:38 a.m. ET

NY betting parlor closing prompts bill



Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. ? Today is Palm Sunday for most Christian denominations in 
the U.S.

In New York that means Off-Track Betting parlors are closed.

It's one of three dark days at OTB. The others are Christmas and Easter 
from the same calendar.

This has at least one cashier arguing it denies the right to work based 
on an old statute and fails to abide by the constitutionally required 
separation of church and state.

Jackson Leeds, also an attorney, has been writing to state officials 
since he took the part-time OTB job in 2003 at Nassau OTB.

Some agree with him, also noting lost business.

State Sen. Eric Adams, ranking Democrat on the Senate's Racing, Gaming 
and Wagering Committee, has introduced a bill to allow pari-mutuel 
wagering and horse racing on Palm Sunday.

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