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Maryland: Ryan O'donnell

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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Mon, 03/17/2008 - 15:57

Edwards says he will not be influenced by campaign contributions

By Kevin Agnese

Annapolis- State Sen. George Edwards (R-Grantsville) told PolitickerMD.com today that he is not influenced by campaign contributions that he has received from the utility industry.

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Mon, 03/17/2008 - 15:20

Statement from House Speaker Michael E. Busch

By Kevin Agnese

ANNAPOLIS- The legislative office of House Speaker Michael E. Busch (D-Annapolis) issued a statement when asked to respond to a report by Progressive Maryland and Common Cause Maryland that said Busch has received the fourth highest amount in campaign contributions from the utility industry among members of the current General Assembly since voting for a bill to deregulate the electricity industry in 1999.

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Mon, 03/17/2008 - 14:53

More on campaign contributions and deregulation

By Kevin Agnese

ANNAPOLIS- On Friday, we reported the findings of a study conducted by the advocacy groups Progressive Maryland and Common Cause Maryland. In that report, the organizations reported that those members of the General Assembly who voted to deregulate the electricity industry nine years ago and who remain in office are still receiving much of their campaign contributions from the utility industry.

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Fri, 03/14/2008 - 14:18

Campaign contributions linked to electric deregulation vote in General Assembly

By Kevin Agnese

Nine years after the General Assembly voted to deregulate the electricity industry those members who remain in office and who voted in favor of the measure are still receiving much of their campaign contributions from the utility industry, a new report from the advocacy groups Progressive Maryland and Common Cause, finds.

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