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Section 5: OPA Board Subject: Casino Funds History Msg# 1009770
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Joe,
Thank you for providing the history of casino funds allocations. Hopefully this will provide insight and understanding to those unfamiliar with the provisions of the legislation. Chip Bertino |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Thanks Steve. It was an interesting time in OPA-Land. Some board members were saying OPA would receive more dollars if the county was deciding how much to give us. I could not believe it. For the county to give us a part of their impact funds would have required a yearly request with factual details as to how OPA was adversely impacted. Impossible to prove. Now the money is just direct-deposited from the state coffers to OPA account. No yearly begging of the county. One name people should not forget is Norm Katz, now deceased. Katz was totally opposed to gambling legalization by the state. However, he started beating on the Board of Directors back in 2007, begging them to push the legislature for a cut of the funds in any legislation proposed for legalized gambling. Katz said while he abhorred the gambling, if it was to be forced on this part of the county then OPA should get a share. The board ignored him. Katz was one of the first people I called about joining C.O.P.E. in 2009. |
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