The idea to consolidate or eliminate many state boards and commissions may be a good idea—but in the case of the Horse Racing Commission, it’s not.
Senate Bill 5589 would fold the Horse Racing Commission into the much larger Gambling Commission.
The Horse Racing Commission staff fought for many years to win the union and collective bargaining rights. Staff at the Gambling Commission have no such rights.
“So the unintended consequence of this would be that a couple of dozen of union members lose their bargaining rights and lose their contractual protections…,” the Federation’s Dennis Eagle told the Senate Government Operations and Elections Committee Tuesday.
“It would just be a shame to see that lost.”
Eagle added that the merger would not generate any real savings.
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