Senate didn’t buy Stumbo’s gumbo

The state Senate Budget Committee has voted 10-5 to kill the bill that would have expanded gambling by legalizing Video Lottery Terminals at Kentucky horse tracks. This came following all manner of arm-twisting and other “persuasive” techniques employed by House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg.

After the vote, Ron Geary, the owner of Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky., said that he would close the track following its 2009 meet.

Our system is flawed, but occasionally it works.