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Conservatives name candidate in special election for Suffolk legislature who has never read ny const art 1 sec 3 or looked at the racing calendar. her boss does not like your kind
Sunday, April 21, 2019
| Track Code | Track Name | Entry | Scratch | 1st Post ET | 1st Post Local | Time Zone | Stakes Race(s) | Stakes Grade | T.V. Indicator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GG | GOLDEN GATE FIELDS | 48 | 24 | 3:45 PM | 12:45 PM | PDT | |||
| LS | LONE STAR PARK | 72 | 0 | 3:35 PM | 2:35 PM | CDT | |||
| SA | SANTA ANITA PARK | 72 | 24 | 3:30 PM | 12:30 PM | PDT | |||
| SUN | SUNLAND PARK | 168 | 0 | 2:30 PM | 12:30 PM | MDT | |||
| WO | WOODBINE | 72 | 48 |
The minor party's backing of Anne Wiggins in the 9th District makes it a three-way race. The
election is March 19.
election is March 19.
Frank Tinari, Suffolk Conservative chairman, said the party has named Anne Wiggins to run for the Suffolk legislative seat vacated by Democratic state Sen. Monica Martinez. Photo Credit: Ed Betz
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Stop scratching on holidays
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.
Claude Solnik
Long Island Business News
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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.
Suffolk County Conservatives have decided to make the March 19 special election for the Ninth District county legislative seat a three-way race.
Frank Tinari, Suffolk Conservative chairman, said the party’s executive committee on Sunday named Anne Wiggins, a party committeewoman for the last 12 years, to run for the seat vacated by newly elected Democratic state Sen. Monica Martinez.
The minor party’s action comes only months after Suffolk Republican Chairman John Jay LaValle inserted himself into the Conservative Party leadership battle by directing mailings and robocalls to Conservatives attacking Tinari, shortly before he won a second two-year term as county leader in September. At the time, Tinari called it “rephrensible behavior, which will backfire.”
Wiggins, 62, of Central Islip, is a longtime manager for Suffolk Off-Track Betting Corp.
“We thought she would make the best candidate,” said Tinari.
He said LaValle’s past actions played no role in the party’s decision.
On Saturday, Republicans named Manuel Vidal Jr., a community leader and Suffolk public works auto mechanic, as their legislative candidate.
Democrats have nominated Samuel Gonzalez, a leader of IBEW Local 1430 as their candidate in the heavily minority district, where Democratic voters outnumber Republicans 21,174 to 4,557, with 8,991 not registered with a political party.
Richard Schaffer, Suffolk Democratic chairman, said a three-way contest will help Democrats' chances.
“Any time there are a number of candidates in a race, it helps us because as Democrats we will often outpoll Republican line-to-line in many county races,” said Schaffer.
William Garbarino, Islip GOP chairman, said Conservatives called him Sunday to inform him of their decision. But he said he does not expect it to have much impact on the race as there are few Conservatives in the district — 304, according to the Suffolk board of elections.
“I know the Conservatives don’t like John LaValle, but why punish Manny Vidal?” he said.
LaValle could not immediaely be reached for comment.
The Independence Party, meanwhile, is backing Gonzalez, giving him a second ballot line in the special election.
There are 962 Independence Party voters in the district.
Rick Brand has covered Suffolk life, government and politics for 37 years.
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