| KHHA mis-leads its members? 11/19/07 KyHarnessRacing.com
ones they elect in trust, and ones they look up to. How does this happen? There is the Barry Bonds approach; Deny, deny, deny, you'll eventually walk through the other side unscathed. Barry Bonds? Never did he think a day like Thursday would ever arrive. Not for him. Not ***** to ***** him. His strategy from the start was to play us all for fools, in hopes the feds would tire of the game. Only the feds never did get weary. Those are some of the words that the New York Post had in their Barry Bonds story. You should get a copy and read the entire story for yourself.
2007 purse account being underpaid, will speak for itself. As with the Barry Bonds story, you will be able to determine for yourself....Did Bill Napier and Bob Stewart of the KHHA mis-lead their members? You are probably thinking....mis-lead...why use such a strong word? Because...IT FITS. We are talking about what the KHHA printed and sent out to members in their last newsletter about the Bluegrass Downs 2007 purse account. And the word "mis-leads", fits that newsletter like a glove. Real quick let's take a look at the definition of these three words:
Overpaid - To pay too much. Mislead - To lead in a wrong direction or into mistaken a action or belief often by deliberated deceit. In the KHHA newsletter, it says the 2007 purse account was underpaid by $43,000. Is this the truth? Is this the truth with no misconception? Is this misleading? We'll let you decide for yourself. For those of you that have read the newsletter, that statement leads you to believe that Bluegrass Downs and their race secretary left $43,000 in the 2007 purse account, that could have been added to the purses for 2007 meet. As you would expect, this created some questions. Especially, since there was such a huge discrepancy between the KHHA's figure, and the figure that Bluegrass Downs gave us at the end of their 2007 meet. We went to Jerry Bradley General Manager of Bluegrass Downs to get answers about the purse account. "There wasn't very much left in the purse account. We didn't leave $43,000 in that purse account. We spent all the money we could spend. If they're are saying $43,000, they're talking about the Thoroughbred simulcast money that we didn't receive until late July or early August." says Jerry Bradley. Jerry went on to say that he was very please with the job that Billy Perkins did and looks forward to seeing him return for the 2008 meet. We also gave the Bluegrass Downs 2007 Race Secretary a call to ask him about the 2007 purse account. Billy Perkins said, "I don't know what money they are talking about." he continues, "Any money that comes in after the meet is over, goes into the next years purse account, that's how you come to a figure for the purse account. I can't spend what isn't in there. At the end of the meet there was around $2000 left in the purse account." Billy Perkins also added, "At the beginning of the 2007 meet, Bill Napier wanted me to make the bottom purse $800 for the first week. I started the bottom at $900." We sent some questions, by email, to the KHHA president. Now would be a good time to read your KHHA newsletter again. Here are three of the questions: Keep in mind, the KHHA newsletter says the Bluegrass Downs 2007 purse account was underpaid $43,000.
questions and in the newsletter. This figure is not exact to the dollar but the figure in the newsletter is.
the newsletter. Which makes you wonder; Did Bob Stewart even read the newsletter?
leaving just over $2000 to carryover. Any money that came in after the meet ended, will go into the 2008 purse account.
conclusion with it. Some questions that may need to be asked. Who wrote this newsletter? Who proofs these newsletters? Why did the KHHA board approve this type of newsletter? If they did. Do other board members have any say in what happens, and how business is conducted? Do other board members agree and support this conduct? Who really knows? Do any of the other board members care?
yourself, is this the kind of leadership you want speaking for you? Bill Napier has stated that he doesn't think the tracks will race more dates if we get slots. Is this the kind of mentality you want negotiating for your future? Now is the time for you to decide. Slots may be the answer, but do you want to be caught with your pants down around your ankles. It's time for you to decide. It's your choice. Your future is in your hands. |
