Smith Headed for NY
Tim Smith resigned from NTRA last week and it’s widely anticipated he’ll be announced as the new NYRA CEO soon. “Smith is just what NYRA needs,” writes Bill Finley on ESPN. Bill Christine at the LA Times thinks Smith is the man best able to fend off Magna Corp. Chairman Frank Stronach’s attempt to take over the New York franchise when it expires in 2007. The New York attorney general’s office is concerned with another matter — how much will Smith be paid?