Will slots be located in Frederick City to capture revenue from all those deep pocketed Montgomery County residents now causing a traffic jam on US-340 heading for Charles Town? Or are they being located in Frederick to repay a deep pocketed contributor to the O'Malley campaign.
William Rickman ($56,000 given to the O'Malley-Brown ticket and $400,000 to pro-slots pols), owner of Ocean Downs Race Track, was slated to receive 3,250 slots in the constitutional amendment allowing slots now passing the General Assembly. Ocean Downs was removed in the House, after the appearance of a political payoff became too stark to overlook, and Frederick substituted.
Why Frederick?
William Rickman owns 120 acres in Frederick City.
Funny how that all works out, isn't it?
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I sure hope Washington County and the City of Hagerstown put in an application. We have to pay for the new school somehow. Actually what a way to increase foot traffic down town. Put in a casino. Now we are talking.
And we could 'hire' the dancers from the arts school..
I can see it now, The Art School working with the Casions hand in hand. 
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Frederick Removed From Slots List; Rocky Gap Remains
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Reported by: Kaitlin McCarthy
Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 @08:33pm EST
Slots2007-11-14-1195084242.jpgANNAPOLIS, MD - Frederick is now off the list of possible slots sites.
Lawmakers removed it Thursday morning. They were worried having Frederick on the list would hurt its chances of passing.
The bill doesn't legalize slot machines. Instead, it lets Maryland voters decide in a referendum next year.
Senate president Mike Miller says he's not sure the bill has enough support to pass right now, but there's plenty of other legislation to work on.
"We'll work to pass the taxes. We'll pass a green fund. We'll pass a healthcare bill. And we'll do something in terms of higher education. And we'll go home and come back and start again on slots in January," Miller says.
Rocky Gap Lodge near Cumberland is still on the list of possible slots sites.
It would be allowed to have 1,500 slot machines if voters approved the referendum.
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Reported by: Kaitlin McCarthy
Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 @08:33pm EST
Slots2007-11-14-1195084242.jpgANNAPOLIS, MD - Frederick is now off the list of possible slots sites.
Lawmakers removed it Thursday morning. They were worried having Frederick on the list would hurt its chances of passing.
The bill doesn't legalize slot machines. Instead, it lets Maryland voters decide in a referendum next year.
Senate president Mike Miller says he's not sure the bill has enough support to pass right now, but there's plenty of other legislation to work on.
"We'll work to pass the taxes. We'll pass a green fund. We'll pass a healthcare bill. And we'll do something in terms of higher education. And we'll go home and come back and start again on slots in January," Miller says.
Rocky Gap Lodge near Cumberland is still on the list of possible slots sites.
It would be allowed to have 1,500 slot machines if voters approved the referendum.
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