Jones Doesn't Support Beshear's Casino Amendment

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Former Democratic Governor Brereton Jones, a Thoroughbred breeder who has lobbied for expanded gambling for a decade, said Friday he cannot support Governor Steve Beshear's casino amendment. Jones has said he cannot support gambling legislation that does not designate where the money would go. Jones says Beshear's bill lets the legislature makes all the decisions, but the people shpuld be allowed to vote on where the casinos go and where the money goes. In 2004, Jones co-founded the Kentucky Equine Education Project to lobby for expanded gambling. KEEP has expressed support of Beshear's bill, filed by Senator Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown.