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New Mexico Senator Against Spending Tax Money on Casino

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – As reported by the Albuquerque Journal: "A state senator has asked the New Mexico Supreme Court to strike down a line-item veto from Gov. Bill Richardson that allows the state to use tax money to build a new casino at the Downs at Albuquerque.

"'I have heartburn about public money being used to build a casino,' said Sen. Shannon Robinson, D-Albuquerque.

"A spokesman for the governor said Wednesday that Richardson acted within his authority to veto part of the language in a horse-track bill earlier this year. The bill specified where and how a small tax on horse betting in New Mexico can be spent…"

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