The group says new gaming operations would reduce the revenue expected to be generated by the Oxford casino for K-12 education.
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Next month, it’s casinos vs. harness racing vs. none of the above
Three years ago, when Peter Robinson and Stavros Mendros were drafting a citizens initiative to allow a casino in an empty mill building in downtown Lewiston, they decided the casino wouldn’t share its revenue with Maine’s harness racing industry. Maine’s horsemen were already getting millions of dollars annually from Hollywood Slots in Bangor, they figured.
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Casinos, harness racing set to go head-to-head in election
Three years ago, when Peter Robinson and Stavros Mendros were drafting a citizens initiative to allow a casino in an empty mill building in downtown Lewiston, they decided the casino wouldn’t share its revenue with Maine’s harness racing industry. Maine’s horsemen were already getting millions of dollars annually from Hollywood Slots in Bangor, they figured.
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Group begins fundraising to fight gambling
A group in York County began raising money this week to campaign against two state ballot questions that would allow new gambling operations in Maine.
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Group to campaign against gaming questions
A group in York County began raising money this week to campaign against two state ballot questions that would allow new gambling operations in Maine.
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Anti-casino group sets up PAC, targets ballot questions
Mainers Against A Rotten Deal believe gaming-related questions on the November ballot are vulnerable to defeat.
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Watershed moment up ahead for LURC
When Terry Hill needs a permit to build a cabin on her campground, she doesn’t drive to a town hall. She calls a state agency that handles the planning and zoning functions that would ordinarily be handled by a city or town.
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Finding right mix of free market, fairness difficult
SCARBOROUGH — When Howard Gray and his son Charlie harvest lobsters off Prouts Neck, Howard takes on the lighter work — stuffing the bait bags and sizing the lobsters — while Charlie operates the boat and hauls the traps.
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ON MAINE POLITICS: Health exchange to be led by Bruno
Former House Minority Leader Joe Bruno of Raymond will lead the advisory committee that will establish Maine’s Health Insurance Exchange, Gov. Paul LePage announced last week. Most of the other nine members are lobbyists or executives with health insurance companies.
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Snowe laments triumph of partisanship in Washington
PORTLAND — The U.S. Senate has become so paralyzed by partisan posturing that it cannot pass significant legislation, Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, said Friday.