GREY2K “INTOLERABLY INHUMANE” FOR OPPOSING RACING BAN DELAY, SAYS AGC

Officials of the American Greyhound Council (AGC) today accused Grey2K USA of "intolerable inhumanity" for opposing a delay in implementation of the live racing ban passed by Massachusetts voters in 2008.

According to the Brockton (MA) Enterprise News, the Grey2K statement read, "There is no compelling argument for reversing or delaying Question 3."

AGC Communications Coordinator Gary Guccione said, "Evidently Grey2K doesn’t find it compelling that more than 1,300 families will lose their livelihoods when this ban takes effect–right in the middle of the worst economic times since the Great Depression."

Unemployment in Massachusetts is already over 8 percent, according to media reports, and track employees have told reporters that there simply are no other jobs available for them. A recent poll revealed that 61 percent of Massachusetts residents believe the ban should be deferred until 2012, when the economy may be better.

"Grey2K is not about compassion for people, that’s for sure," Guccione concluded.  "It is intolerably inhumane to lobby against a reprieve for these families."