Horse racing friend (not)

O'Malley gave a sweetheart loan as well as diverted slots proceeds from the racetracks to the race track owners in an "emergency" deal. Penn Gaming ( you cannot talk about O'Malley without Penn Gaming coming up sooner than later) has been crying poor in their annual hold the tracks hostage or "give me the money or the horses get it" speech. In response Martin has given Penn (not the tracks) millions of sweetheart loans. Martin also is diverting proceeds from the slots program that is supposed to go to track improvements. The proceeds instead go straight to the owner of the track without any catch to invest back into track, employees, or the horse racing industry. Read more about this....
Where has this "poor" owner of the tracks been spending their money?
$40 million reported in this last election cycle so far. That is money just for politics. Does not include anything remotely operational for horse racing or slots. Read more details on Penn Gamings political spending...
The Governor has benefited greatly from this infusion of money. Either directly or indirectly. Below is a detail garnered from the Maryland Board of Elections on campaign spending. There were so many pages, I only listed the organizations that has close ties to O'Malley. The data are donations from the last few years:
Source...

Penn National Gaming, Inc $4000 O'Malley, Martin Friends Of
Penn National Gaming, Inc $4000 O'Malley Brown Committee Slate
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $1000 Miller, Mike Marylanders For
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $10710 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $10235 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $4338 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $12895 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $2100 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $65000 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $13000 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $15000 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $3161.62 No Slots At The Mall
enn National Gaming $1000000 For Maryland For Our Future
Penn National Gaming $1000000 For Maryland For Our Future
Penn National Gaming PAC $4000 O'Malley, Martin Friends Of
Penn National Gaming PAC $4000 O'Malley Brown Committee Slate
Penn National Gaming, Inc $4000 O'Malley, Martin Friends Of
Penn National Gaming, Inc $4000 O'Malley Brown Committee Slate
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $13000 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $12895 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $65000 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $4338 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $10235 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $2100 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $15000 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $3161.62 No Slots At The Mall
Penn National Gaming, Inc. $10710 No Slots At The Mall
MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB OF BALTIMORE CITY, INC. $1000 Dixon, Sheila Friends For
MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB OF BALTIMORE CITY, INC. $1000 Dixon, Sheila Friends For
Maryland Jockey Club $4000 O'Malley, Martin Friends Of
aryland Jockey Club (Admin) $25000 Democratic State Central Committee Of Maryland
Maryland Jockey Club (Admin) $50000 Democratic State Central Committee Of Maryland
Maryland Jockey Club (Admin) $50000 Democratic State Central Committee Of Maryland
Maryland Jockey Club Baltimore City, Inc. $500 Marriott, Salima Siler Campaign Committee
Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City, Inc. $4000 O'Malley, Martin Friends Of
Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City, Inc. $4000 O'Malley Brown Committee Slate
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $258000 No Slots At The Mall
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $1675000 No Slots At The Mall
he Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $350000 No Slots At The Mall
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $500000 No Slots At The Mall
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $131478.25 No Slots At The Mall
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $96323 No Slots At The Mall
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $10725 No Slots At The Mall
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $275000 No Slots At The Mall
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $500000 No Slots At The Mall
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $350000 No Slots At The Mall
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $1675000 No Slots At The
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $2250000 No Slots At The Mall
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $500000 No Slots At The Mall
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City (See remarks) $800000 No Slots At The Mall
The Maryland Jockey Club of Baltimore City, Inc $31095.64 For Maryland For Our Future

Whew... Makes your head spin. Imagine how many hours one of those poor track workers had to put in to even make one of those donations. Good thing O'Malley and Penn Gaming are looking out for them.