CasinosNO! advertises on conservative forum
By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com ReporterBattling thousands of dollars in advertising from their opponent, CasinosNO! will start advertising on conservative Web site As Maine Goes.
CasinosNO!, an organization led by Democratic activist Dennis Bailey, is working against Question 2, which would establish a casino in Oxford County if approved.
The group supporting the casino is backed entirely by Olympia Gaming in Las Vegas. The company has put $552,028 into the campaign this year, with $310,464 going toward advertising on all of the state’s major television and radio stations, and in all of the state’s major daily newspapers.
Bailey said his group is reaching out to a number of Maine Web sites, including As Maine Goes and the Portland Press Herald’s site. He said he is doing this because the advertising is cheap and money is tight.
The anti-gambling group has earned $85,059 so far this year.
As Maine Goes is a message board for conservatives in the state, but it is widely read among Maine’s political community.
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There is no money being spend on radio from all I have heard. I listen to many stations throughout the day in the Portland Metro Market and NoBody's telling me and the wife why the casino would be bad, what it will take away from the community, what it will do to our state. Now that I think about it, there's too many political spots on every radio station. Although your sit in's on local stations have been very informative Dennis. Get the message out, forget the newspapers, get on the airwaves, spend that budget on radio! Battle those Casino b=tards minute for minute!
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