Nick Nicholson
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Nick Nicholson
add affect basic broader children funding gaming government horse industry issue local member pay problems provided services vote
If I were a member of the legislature, the affect of Kentucky's horse industry on the expanded gaming issue would not be enough for me to vote 'yes,' ... It's got to make sense from a broader standpoint. The issue to me, which I think it is to most people, is more about how our children are educated, or about seniors, and the basic services provided by the government and the problems of funding and the infrastructure of government at the local level. It's about all these things that add up to what kind of Commonwealth we have and how we're going to pay for it.
takes vacation
At our core, it's an old-fashioned vacation that takes place in one afternoon.
central kentucky opportunity proud
It also will be an opportunity for everyone to be proud of our community, because it portrays central Kentucky at its most beautiful.
ambassador cameras defeat equal gave great handled heard industry leadership privilege seeing sportsman style sure victory word
I'm sure you've heard the word ambassador a lot today. That's the way he represented the sport in public; he was a great sportsman and handled victory and defeat with equal style and class. But I also had the privilege of seeing the leadership he gave to our industry in private, when the cameras were not on.
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I could tell 30 seconds into the conversation that he was a race fan.
economic horses
From an economic standpoint, you have to look at expanded gaming, but this has nothing to do with horses,