Sending the money losing NYC Off Track Betting Corporation to the glue factory – “All Bets Off (Steve Mosco December 9) – is a winning bet for taxpayers.
Gambling is not an essential function of government. OTB has never turned a profit and takes money from those who can least afford it.
OTB now joins Queens Republican Senator Padavan in the losers’ circle. Besides campaigning for Padavan and other Senators who voted to bail out OTB, did OTB Employees Local 2021 ASFCM also make any financial donations their campaigns?
Was Padavan’s vote to save OTB his last thank you as a lame duck Senator for their past support? How ironic since Padavan has been a leading critic of gambling for decades.
Larry Penner
Great Neck
