VRC PLEASED ... WHICH EXPLAINS RUBBER-STAMP MEETING
Oh, for the good, old days when every meeting of the Virginia Racing Commission was guaranteed to have plenty of fireworks, thanks to a cast of characters who didn’t mind going off script and expressing opinions that were sure to bring instant rebuttal. Wednesday, at the VRC’s fall meeting, we were reminded of that time not all that long ago … when VRC chairman Robin Williams didn’t like Jeff Jacobs , absentee owner of Colonial Downs – and the feeling was mutual … when Frank Petramalo , representing the horsemen, would engage Jacobs’ lawyer Jim Weinberg with fiery exchanges that would rock the place … when Tad Berman could be counted on to make the public comment portion lively, to say the least … etc., etc., etc. By comparison the latest gathering of the state’s equine intelligensa was a snooze fest. In fact, during one … shall we say, very long albeit interesting presentation, ...