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Maryland: Common Cause Maryland

Wed, 09/17/2008 - 15:33

Possible $2M donation ticks off slots opponents

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

Update

Opponents of November's slots referendum are calling a possible $2 million donation to a pro-slots organization outrageous.  

Voters will decide on November's ballot if the state constitution should be amended to allow no more than 15,000 slot machine installations at five different locations across the state.

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Tue, 05/27/2008 - 16:06

Common Cause asks General Assembly to reject contributions from gambling interests until slots vote

By Kevin Agnese

The advocacy group Common Cause Maryland is asking members of the General Assembly to refuse contributions from gambling interests through Election Day, when voters will decide if the state should legalize the release of up to 15,000 slot machines at racetracks and other locations throughout Maryland.

In a statement, the group's executive director, Ryan O'Donnell, said Common Cause would make the request because the slots referendum "must be a decision-making process untarnished by political contributions from interested parties."

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Tue, 03/18/2008 - 13:06

Colburn would likely vote against deregulation today

By Kevin Agnese

ANNAPOLIS- Sen. Richard Colburn (R-Cambridge) would likely have voted against deregulating the electricity industry in 1999 “knowing what he knows now,” according to Jessica Stewart, the senator’s chief of staff.

Colburn, who voted for the 1999 bill, has received $7,615 in campaign contributions from the utility industry, the eighth highest among members of the current General Assembly, since deregulation, according to a report conducted by Progressive Maryland and Common Cause Maryland.

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