{"id":22324,"date":"2021-01-21T17:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T22:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=22324"},"modified":"2021-01-21T17:43:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T22:43:36","slug":"genesee-county-bianchi-unanimously-re-elected-as-chairman-of-wrotb-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/01\/21\/genesee-county-bianchi-unanimously-re-elected-as-chairman-of-wrotb-board\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Bianchi unanimously re-elected as Chairman of WROTB Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ed Morgan re-elected as Vice-Chairman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BATAVIA \u2013<a>\u00a0<\/a>At Western Regional Off Track Betting\u2019s January Board of Directors Meeting, Richard Bianchi was unanimously re-elected as Chairman for 2021.\u00a0 Bianchi represents Monroe County on the Board of Directors for WROTB.\u00a0 Ed Morgan, the Orleans County representative on the board, was also re-elected as Vice Chairman for 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRichard and I came in together 18 years ago, \u201csaid Tom Wamp, Livingston County\u2019s Director on the WROTB Board.&nbsp; \u201cWe didn\u2019t always agree, but when we did not, he would ask me to sit down and we would work it out.&nbsp; It\u2019s great to see how far this facility has come under his leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President and CEO from Batavia Downs Gaming, Henry Wojtaszek was happy to see Bianchi\u2019s re-election.&nbsp; \u201cWe\u2019ve had tremendous growth over the past few years, prior the pandemic.&nbsp; Richard put his trust in the officers and staff and he has provided great guidance as we continue to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Siebert, Genesee County\u2019s Director on the Board, nominated Ed Morgan for Vice-Chairman.&nbsp; \u201cEd\u2019s knowledge has been instrumental in helping out at Batavia Downs, \u201cSiebert said.&nbsp; \u201cHe has always made himself available to the staff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Bianchi was pleased to see Morgan nominated.&nbsp; \u201cEd has been an asset to this corporation for many years and we\u2019ve worked well together during that time, \u201csaid Bianchi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The term for the Chairman and Vice-Chairman positions goes until the January Board of Directors meeting in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Morgan re-elected as Vice-Chairman Press release BATAVIA \u2013\u00a0At Western Regional Off Track Betting\u2019s January Board of Directors Meeting, Richard Bianchi was unanimously re-elected as Chairman for 2021.\u00a0 Bianchi represents Monroe County on the Board of Directors for WROTB.\u00a0 Ed Morgan, the Orleans County representative on the board, was also \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/01\/21\/genesee-county-bianchi-unanimously-re-elected-as-chairman-of-wrotb-board\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[2428,2427,2426],"class_list":["post-22324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","tag-chairman","tag-otb","tag-richard-bianchi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-5O4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28804,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/10\/28\/genesee-county-batavia-downs-supports-breast-cancer-coalition-of-rochester\/","url_meta":{"origin":22324,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia Downs supports Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester","author":"aka","date":"October 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Left to right, Henry Wojtaszek\/Pres\/CEO WROTB, Holly Anderson, Executive Director and CEO Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester, and Richard Bianchi, Chairman of the Board of Directors\/WROTB. 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