Silver was for it until he was against it. Once the Feds and the state Inspector General jumped in Shelly apparently threw back his bags of money and planned a hasty retreat.

"A new Siena poll out yesterday found just 3% of voters believe the deal is 'fair and appropriate.'"

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/02 ... z0gN57GOtU

Look for this entire process to start all over again in 2011 when a new governor and hopefully a new legislature take office. And with the state suffering from billions in budget deficits from both 2009 and 2010, the tapped-out NYRA is way out on a limb.