The Montgomery County Sentinel’s series on the MoCo delegation’s positions on slots continues. This week, legislators from Districts 16, 17 and 18 reveal their views on the subject. However, only…
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The Montgomery County Sentinel is running a series in which they ask all of Montgomery County’s delegation about their positions on the slots referendum. This week, they post responses from…
Show Us the Money That Slots Will Bring
by Wayne Goldstein, Montgomery County Civic Federation Immediate Past President. People are starting to pay close attention to the slots referendum on the November ballot. It is one of the…
Who Really Opposes Slots? (Revisited)
Back in May, we commented on the fact that very few “anti-slots” politicians were stepping up to support the campaign against the referendum. After seeing the financial contributions reported by…
Peter Franchot: Crazy Like a Fox
Very few politicians are more unpopular in Annapolis than Comptroller Peter Franchot. Put aside for a moment his raging feud with Big Daddy and his baiting of the Governor over…
Pro-Slots Group Targets Franchot
Following is the text of a memo sent by pro-slots For Maryland, For Our Future to elected leaders concerning Comptroller Peter Franchot. (It’s not as if the Comptroller isn’t attracting…
Magna: Slots or Bust
Magna Entertainment Corporation, owner of Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, is on the verge of bankruptcy. That fact drives its desperate push for slots at its two Maryland race…
Sounding Off on Slots in Fells Point
Stop Slots Maryland activists went to the Fells Point Festival to talk to Marylanders about slots. Here is what they had to say.
Conservatives Oppose Slots
In a remarkable post on Red Maryland, the state’s most prominent conservative bloggers have come out against the slots referendum.The majority of them are not inherently opposed to gambling, but…
Tonight, Montgomery County’s Democratic precinct captains gathered to cast their votes on whether to recommend slots on the party’s sample ballot. Their overwhelming recommendation: NO.Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC)…