Brown pressed Senate leader on slots

Source: Boston Globe

Senator Scott Brown has lobbied both Governor Deval Patrick and Senate President Therese Murray to legalize slot machines at the state’s race tracks, according to the governor and a legislative official on Beacon Hill, advocacy that would benefit a longtime Brown friend and campaign donor.
Brown called Murray in April, shortly after the House passed a bill allowing slots at the race tracks, to voice his support and suggested that the Legislature authorize 1,500 slot machines at each track, according to a legislative official familiar with the call.

As a state senator, Brown was a strong advocate for Plainridge Racecourse, whose owner, Gary Piontkowski, has given, with family, $3,250 to Brown’s political campaigns since 2003, who attended Brown’s swearing-in as a senator, and who co-owned a horse with Brown’s daughter.

Murray was “shocked when he raised the subject, but did not respond,’’ said the official, who asked for anonymity in sharing a private discussion.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/07/10/brown_pressed_senate_leader_on_slots/

As long as they get money to their friends, what else is new?


edited for punctuation.

with our lives and freedoms.

most needy.

man of the people. :sarcasm: