Maryland: Halsey Minor

Comptroller Peter Franchot (D-Takoma Park) feels anyone should be allowed to purchase the Laurel racetrack, even if they don't support November's slots referendum.

"I am writing to ask that you release Dennis Mills, CEO of Magna International Development, from the commitment you apparently extracted from him to put slots at Laurel racetrack," Franchot wrote in an email to Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-Baltimore) on Friday and CC'd to state Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller (D-Chesapeake Beach).