Bernstein is THE MAN

He has my eternal respect for this column:

Just 20 months ago, the citizenry of the Commonwealth voted -- in a solid, convincing 56-44 vote, in the highest-turnout election in many years -- to ban greyhound racing. You, or I, or Bobby D might disagree with that decision. We might feel bad for the affected employees, dozens of whom lobbied at the state house yesterday.

But the solid majority of voters clearly believe that dog racing is so venal, cruel, and degrading that it should be among that small category of atrocities we won't allow in our state. And they certainly understood, as they cast their vote, that people would lose their jobs as a consequence.

Read the whole piece, it's not that long and needs to be said. The Race Tracks should be closed, shuttered and gone now -- no last vestiges, folks. This was never about the dogs for the tracks, though, it was always about $$$ (and the dogs haven't made $$$ in a decade or more).... they only keep those doors open for the pretenses, in hopes of getting slots. We decided, as a state, to close those doors -- and the politicians here are bucking us.