Amendments creating the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating  Authority were adopted this week by the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee.

I knew the substance of these amendments beforehand, but I had not seen them in writing.

This morning, I read that residents from the Pimlico, Bowie and Laurel neighborhoods would be non-voting members of the authority’s board.

But how is neighborhood defined in the bill?

Over the past six years, having residents from both sides of Pimlico involved and meeting together was essential to my strategy to redevelop the race track site.

Today I learned that the language regarding these members reads:

“ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY WHO RESIDES NEAR PIMLICO RACE COURSE”

That’s consistent with what we’ve been doing.

The amendment drafter earns an A.