Ocean Properties Ltd. has loaned nearly $780,000 to the Putting Maine to Work ballot question committee.
By Susan M. Cover scover@mainetoday.com
MaineToday Media State House Writer
MaineToday Media State House Writer
AUGUSTA - The company that hopes to build a racino in
southern Maine has loaned the campaign for Question 2 nearly $780,000,
according to campaign finance reports filed with the state ethics
commission.
Ocean Properties Ltd. of Portsmouth, N.H., is listed as the
sole contributor to the Putting Maine to Work ballot question committee,
which supports approval of the racino on Nov. 8. It made all of its
contributions in the reporting period from July 1 through Sept. 30.
Question 2 will ask voters if they want to "allow a slot machine
facility at a harness racing track in Biddeford or another community
within 25 miles of Scarborough Downs, subject to local approval, and at a
harness racing track in Washington County."
A separate group called The Committee to Save Maine Harness Racing,
also backed by Ocean Properties, has spent $50,670 this year to support
Question 2. Its fundraising for the period, and for the year, totals
$29,383.
Last year, Ocean Properties loaned the committee more than $400,000
to pay for efforts to gather petition signatures for the initiative.
The ballot question is one of two gambling proposals that voters will decide on in November.
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