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California horse-racing industry seeks separate workers' comp fix
Sac Bee ^
| 4/3/04
| Beth Harris - AP
Posted on 04/03/2004 8:29:49 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 6:08:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - California's costly workers' compensation system, the most expensive in the nation and one of the main reasons businesses threaten to relocate, has hit the state's horse-racing industry so hard that trainers and owners are seeking their own solution.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: calgov2002; california; horseracing; industry; seeks; separate; workerscomp
$25 billion-a-year system of treating work-related injuries is beset by
costly claims and excess litigation
Geee, I wonder how many lobbyists for trial lawyers and the healthcare industries don't want to see it changed?
To: *calgov2002; california
The public feeding trough.. Open for business as usual.
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04/03/2004 8:30:36 AM PST
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NormsRevenge
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posted on
04/03/2004 8:31:20 AM PST
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To: NormsRevenge
They are welcome to come to Illinois that is if the Illinois Racing Commission and Gove Blago can get their thumb out of their you know what. I would enjoy betting on more high quality horses at Hawthorne and Arlington.
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posted on
04/03/2004 8:34:57 AM PST
by
LauraJean
(Fukai please pass the squid sauce)
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posted on
04/03/2004 8:39:57 AM PST
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To: NormsRevenge
fabian socialism again.
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