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Adventure$ With Chip: Show Me The Money Update!
By L. R. Petolicchio
Posted March 23, 2006
Updated April 17, 2006 
Reposted February 5, 2008
 

Following is a breakdown of financial contributions received (over $74,000) by state Senator David J. "Chip" Brightbill between 2003 and 2005 either from gaming interests or lobbyists whose clients include gaming interests (i.e.: many of the lobbying firms have multiple clients, both gaming and non-gaming):

$2500 - April 1, 2004 - Wallace R. Barr, Executive head of Park Place-Caesar's Entertainment (link is for parkplace.com; the homepage for Harrah's will appear)

$1000 - August 26, 2004 - Pennsylvania Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association
$1000 - August 25, 2005 - Pennsylvania Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association
(while the PA chapter does not have it's own website, the national group includes them as an affiliate ) 

$723 - Sept. 30, 2003 - Pugliese Associates
$1000 - October 23, 2003 - Pugliese PAC
$1250 - March 15, 2005 - Pugliese PAC 
$1264 - May 24, 2004 - Pugliese PAC
(Rocco Pugliese currently represents Pennsylvania Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association and Sands Pennsylvania; past clients included Multimedia Games and Pittsburgh Palisades Park, LLC

$10,000 - March 15, 2005 - D & L Realty 
$10,000 - October 8, 2004 - D & L Realty
$5,000 - December 17, 2003 - D & L Realty
(Dominck & Louis A DeNaples are reportedly business partners in at least three ventures - D & L Realty, Keystone Landfill, and DeNaples Auto Parts; Louis owns the Mount Airy Lodge, for which he has applied for a slots license)*
$1000 - August 26, 2004 - Bruce R. Hironimus 
(Hironimus has been identified as both a lobbyist for the gambling interests as well as a gambling interest )
$500 - Sept. 26, 2003 - F. Joseph Loeper
$500 - Dec. 17, 2003 - F. Jospeh Loeper
$1000 - April 1, 2004 - F. Joseph Loeper
$1000 - March 30, 2005 - F. Joseph Loeper
$1000 - November 4, 2005 - F. Joseph Loeper
(Loeper, a former state Senator, was a lobbyist for Callowhill Center Associates in 2004 and 2005 and a lobbyist 100% Purses, Inc., dba Freedom Park and Chester Downs and Marina, LLC in 2003)

$3750 - Dec. 17, 2003 - Malady & Wooten Public Affairs, LLP 
$1000 - Nov. 8, 2004 - Malady & Wooten Public Affairs, LLP
(Malady & Wooten are lobbyist for 100% Purses, Inc., dba Freedom Park,Chester Downs and Marina, LLC, and Resorts USA)

$750 - April 21, 2003 - Kevin M. Pasquay 
(Pasquay is a lobbyist for Ameristar Casinos, Inc.)
$250 - Sept. 23, 2003 - Greenlee Partners State PAC
$2011 - Dec. 7, 2003 - Greenlee Partners State PAC 
$750 - May 19, 2004 - Greenlee Partners State PAC
$1850 - August 26, 2004 - Greenlee Partners State PAC
$1500 - May 4, 2005 - Greenlee Partners State PAC
$1000 - August 25, 2005 - Greenlee Partners State PAC
(Greenlee Partners lobbyist for Harrah's Entertainment, MTR Gaming, Chance Enterprises, Standing Stone Gaming and Scientific Games Int'l.)
$250 - August 3, 2004 - Klett, Lieber, Rooney & Schorling PAC 
(Klett, Lieber, Rooney & Schorling law firm is a lobbyist for Balyasny Asset Management  and Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino)
$5000 - October 23, 2003 - Triad Strategies PA PAC
$5000 - September 24, 2004 - Triad Strategies PA PAC
$2500 - February 11, 2005 - Triad Strategies PA PAC
$1000 - August 12, 2005 - Triad Strategies PA PAC
(the following lobbyists for Boyd Gaming Corporation made political contributions only to Triad Strategies PAC [dollars are not indicative of monies paid on behalf of Boyd Gaming]: 
Michael Acker - $2925 in 2003 
Anthony Barbush, HBG - $2125 in 2005; $3250 in 2004; $3250 in 2003
Jonathan Bigley [VP at Triad] - $5200 in 2005; $7750 in 2004; $6750 in 2003 Tim Bittle - $1200 in 2005; $1300 in 2004; $850 in 2003
Thomas Blikle [two contributions went outside of Triad] - $2500 in 2005; $3300 in 2004; $2750 in 2003
Virginia Jordan - $100 in 2005; $1250 in 2004; $1300 in 2003
Robert Keaton - $600 in 2005; $3100 in 2004; $2600 in 2003
Martin Sellers [Dir. at Triad] - $9234 in 2004 [as Marty Sellers]; $7250 in 2003
Brad Shopp - $900 in 2004; $3900 in 2003
Jere Strittmatter* - $5960 in 2005; $5140 in 2004; $500 in 2003
Roy Wells [Pres. at Triad] - $40,000 in 2005; $39742 in 2004; $46536 in 2003)
$1000 - August 11, 2003 - Dechert 
(lobbyist for Centaur, Inc and PA Harness Horsemen's Assoc.)

$2500 - April 6, 2005 - Stephen R. Wojdak
$500 - November 1, 2005 - SRW & A PAC 
$1000 - May 5, 2004 - SRW & A PAC
$750 - August 26, 2003 - SRW & A PAC
(Wojdak has an interest in Liberty Gaming, and was the primary contributor to the SRW & A PAC)

$1000 - October 23, 2003 - Gary Loebig, Executive VP Sales, Multimedia Games

$1000 - June 14, 2004 - C J Betters 
$1000 - October 23, 2003 - C J Betters (Charles Betters [erroneously listed as J C Betters]; lobbyist exclusively for Pittsburgh Palisades Park LLC and for himself)
 

*former State Rep., Republican, Lancaster County