Massachusetts ‘GAMING’ Future
It must have been a casino operator who coined the phrase "money talks and bullshit walks."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Feb. 12, 2014 - State Treasurer McCord withdraws from gaming board sessions on Philly casino...
HARRISBURG — State Treasurer Rob McCord, who waged a legal battle to attend executive sessions as a non-voting member of the Gaming Control Board, told the board chairman he will not participate in closed-door sessions on applications for a second casino in Philadelphia.
McCord, a Democratic candidate for governor, said he did so in “an abundance of caution.” He received more than $57,000 in campaign donations from law firms and lobbyists representing gambling interests in 2011 and 2012. It is legal for him to do so and doesn't violate the agency's code of ethics, said Doug Harbach, a board spokesman. McCord's campaign did not want to comment.
McCord sued the board in May 2010 and signed a February 2012 settlement agreement to abide by its ethics policy. Commonwealth Court ruled he has the right to participate in the board's executive sessions.
Read more: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/5583646-74/board-mccord-firms#ixzz2tOpZLlp6
It must have been a casino operator who coined the phrase "money talks and bullshit walks."
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Feb. 12, 2014 - State Treasurer McCord withdraws from gaming board sessions on Philly casino...
HARRISBURG — State Treasurer Rob McCord, who waged a legal battle to attend executive sessions as a non-voting member of the Gaming Control Board, told the board chairman he will not participate in closed-door sessions on applications for a second casino in Philadelphia.
McCord, a Democratic candidate for governor, said he did so in “an abundance of caution.” He received more than $57,000 in campaign donations from law firms and lobbyists representing gambling interests in 2011 and 2012. It is legal for him to do so and doesn't violate the agency's code of ethics, said Doug Harbach, a board spokesman. McCord's campaign did not want to comment.
McCord sued the board in May 2010 and signed a February 2012 settlement agreement to abide by its ethics policy. Commonwealth Court ruled he has the right to participate in the board's executive sessions.
Read more: http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/5583646-74/board-mccord-firms#ixzz2tOpZLlp6
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