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...in all fairness, Mr. Fahrenkopf...
August 8, 2000
Mr. Tom Feyer
Letters Editor
The New York Times
229 W. 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036 (by fax: 212-556-3622)
Dear Mr. Feyer:
Frank Fahrenkopf's support of sports wagering (letter, May
15) and his vehement opposition to the position of James Dobson is
based in part, at least, on the warning to Congress that it
should, ......"look at the facts before it rushes to unfairly
punish a legal, highly regulated business, its customers and its
employees,....."
If I did not know better I would say it is a welcome
revelation that Mr. Fahrenkopf has finally developed some sympathy
for the plight of the gaming employees, but unfortunately, the
facts contradict that notion.
Mr. Fahrenkopf represents the gambling interests in Nevada
and has for years helped funnel huge sums of gambling profits into
a highly organized lobbying effort to write the laws and
regulations that control their own industry. It is much like the
effort they are now mounting on the federal level to oppose the
regulation of sports betting. Incidentally, it is these same
lobbying efforts that permit them to keep their employees without
a voice in their own workplace and working in virtual servitude.
It is all about control. They want to write the rules that
govern their own industry, they want absolute and unilateral
control over their own employees, and they will resist all
attempts to diminish their control over this captive industry.
When the American Gaming Association opposes federal
regulation of sports betting, and professes to do so for
everyone's benefit, one must check their wallet, because their
record for altruism is sadly lacking.
Sincerely,
Jack Lipsman, Vice President
National Federation of Gaming Employees
Bio:
Jack Lipsman, retired gaming employee,
directs a labor organization in Las Vegas
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