Sentences with phrase «local government leaders opposing»
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The bill, under which the VLTs would have been operated by the Catskill Regional Off - Track Betting Corp., was opposed at the time by Ulster County leaders and other local government officials because they feared it could damage the county's chances of securing a casino license.
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Since only a tiny fraction of Americans has lived through a state constitutional convention in their adult lifetimes, and since Americans are not taught about state constitutional conventions (as opposed to the federal constitutional convention of 1787) during their formal schooling (even those such as myself who received a Ph.D. in American government), Americans approach these referendums starting with a huge knowledge deficit, making local opinion leaders that much more influential in public debates.