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Dear Mr. Gardiner:

We are writing in response to your request from an opinion dated November 13, 2008 and your supplemental request dated February 10, 2009, which included additional materials.

In your letters, you indicated that at a meeting of the Louisiana State Racing Commission ("the Commission") on August 25, 2008, a member of the Board of Directors of the Horsemen's Benevolent Protective Association (HBPA) informed the Commission of certain ongoing issues within the HBPA, and requested that the Commission investigate and take corrective measures with regard to the HBPA. The Commission…