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Article: Chance for Beaver County, Pa., racetrack dies.
- Article from:
- Beaver County Times (Beaver County, PA)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2007
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Byline: Bill Vidonic
Sep. 6--Once Mike Veon was ousted from the state House last year, Beaver County was probably fatally handicapped in its effort to host a harness racing track, county commissioners said Wednesday.
"A racetrack would have been a source of jobs and taxes for a long time," county Commissioner Charlie Camp said. "All of Beaver County lost today. It just appears we don't have much influence in Harrisburg."
"This goes far beyond disappointment," Commissioner Chairman Joe Spanik said of Wednesday's announcement that Centaur Inc. was officially abandoning its efforts to build the Valley View Downs racetrack in South Beaver Township ...
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