The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-26
VOTERS HEAR
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AoA n Shot W1Sn 10 COuRT dlu
late the ministers on their com
pany in fighting the dog tr?c
don't smoke or drink. Here arr
the liquvr dealers trying r. save
souls in Key West by opposing the
dog track"
Aronovitz said:
when / was a boy I dreamed
OF being a rabbi. II ! had been q
rabbi l would be opposing gamb.
ing along wiz the ministers. l went
to the other extreme, however, and
became a lawyer"
Aronovitz said that there will be
band concerts at the track every
night during racing season.
IF you don't want to bet, you
don't have to, you can listen to
the music. We plan to bring nation.
ally known entertainers like Eddie
Cantor down here. Then VIZ are
going to post 81 200 with the Jay.
Gees or the Chamber of Commerce
as a prize for high school bands
of Florida and Cuba"
The solvency of the stockholders
Of the track was described by Arc.
novitz. The top man does a $500, 900.
600 year business in his grocery
chains each year. Another stock.
holder is President of a Gas com.
pany; another is president of a
rock company and still another is
head of a huge auto agency.
mo bad element will come to
town." Aronovitz assured the audi.
ence. 1--WE always been on the side
of the ministers. We can bring
something of benefit to the city
ne concluded.
Sidney Aronovitz who spoke for
the track brought out the fact that
dog racing is not something new
to Florida.
There are Is dog tracks In Flo
rida. Think of the benefits reeciv-
ed. Monroe county gets $113, 900 a
year from parimutuel takes now, Of
which half goes for schools and hall
for county welfare. There has
never been a scandal connected
with greyhound racing. The State
supervises the track very carefully.
1t has IL employees on hand dur.
ing the racing season"
The track, if voted in Tuesday,
said Sidney AronovitZ, will employ
100 persons for 80 days each year.
Of these IS per cent must be per
manent residents of the county.
Most important" said Arono.
vitz," tourists will have an answer
to the question, what is there to
do tonight" You need an overall
entertainment program. Dog racing
will help to give an over all enter
tainment program. Dog racing will
help to give you variety in enter.
tainment. Tourists now come to
Key West and leave the next day.
The dog track is one step in keep
ing them here. If we had TO de-
pend upon local people and sailors
for the track, we could not oper-
ate. The track is q tourist attrac-
ton operating during the season"
, Aronovitz pointed out that Mon
roe county sheriff Berlin Sawyer
had endorsed the track. He then
read THE Dsytona Beach Story
which gives endorsement by local
merchants in that city for dog rae
ing. Some of them had opposed the
track when it was voted on.
"As far as gambling addicts are
concerned, is it not better that they
see them than in bolita houses or
on the sly where they can't be
SEEM" asked Aronovitz. at will
deter an addict of gambling to be
seen in public"
The young lawyer gave the
breakdown Of receipts of dog rae
ing as follows. He said SO per cent
goes back to the bettors at the win
dow, six per cent goes for employ
ees, five percent to the state, three
percent to dog owners. and three
percent TO track owners.
Both Abe and Sidney Aronovitz
will speak at a meeting tonight to
be held at the VFW Post on White.
head street. The Post is not spon-
soring the meeting, AronovitT said i,
it is merely providing the space for
both sides of the question TO be dis
cussed. The Post, he said, is not
asking voters to vote either way.