Malik, Hollywood Park, Commerce Club round up cash for Sen Wiggins sponsor of SB 157

Michael Malik lead commercial gaming interests, BNSF, a few unions and business contacts linked to the Ilitch Family who raised almost $30,000 for Senator Wiggins on Oct. 21, 2006

Senator Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) received commercial gambling money late in the campaign reporting cycle from Detroit casino syndicators Michael Malik, Commerce Club Casino, Hollywood Park Casino and others.

On October 21, 2006 Patricia Wiggins collected more than $14,000 bundled in multiple checks from Michael J. Malik, Malik’s MJM Enterprises & Development; three commercial casinos that Malik may have had a hand in recruiting

--Hawaiian Gardens Casino,

California Commerce Club, Inc., and

Hollywood Park Casino –

and the California Restaurant Association, a group Malik’s partner Marian Ilitch, co-founder of Little Caesars Pizza, has connections to.

Senator Wiggins is the lead sponsor of SB 157, do-over legislation rejected in 2006 intended to ratify agreement that would give Malik and Ilitch the exclusive rights to develop and manage two Indian casinos in Barstow with tribal partners from opposite corners of the state; and an unprecedented 5,044 square mile competition-free zone.

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR		PAYMENT TYPE	CITY	STATE/ZIP
HAWAIIAN GARDENS CASINO		MONETARY	HAWAIIAN GARDENS	CA/90716
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
AMOUNT		TRANS. DATE	FILED_DATE	TRANS #
$1,000.00		10/21/2006	10/26/2006	1212900-A1485

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR		PAYMENT TYPE	CITY	STATE/ZIP
CALIFORNIA COMMERCE CLUB, INC.		MONETARY	COMMERCE	CA/90040
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
AMOUNT		TRANS. DATE	FILED_DATE	TRANS #
$1,000.00		10/21/2006	10/26/2006	1212900-A1487

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR		PAYMENT TYPE	CITY	STATE/ZIP
HOLLYWOOD PARK CASINO		MONETARY	INGLEWOOD	CA/90303
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
AMOUNT		TRANS. DATE	FILED_DATE	TRANS #
$1,000.00		10/21/2006	10/26/2006	1212900-A1488

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR		PAYMENT TYPE	CITY	STATE/ZIP
MICHAEL J. MALIK, SR TRUST		MONETARY		CA/
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
AMOUNT		TRANS. DATE	FILED_DATE	TRANS #
$2,000.00		10/21/2006	10/26/2006	1212900-A1489

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR		PAYMENT TYPE	CITY	STATE/ZIP
CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC		MONETARY	SACRAMENTO	CA/95814
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
890231
AMOUNT		TRANS. DATE	FILED_DATE	TRANS #
$2,000.00		10/21/2006	10/26/2006	1212900-A1490

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR		PAYMENT TYPE	CITY	STATE/ZIP
HAWAIIAN GARDENS CASINO		MONETARY	HAWAIIAN GARDENS	CA/90716
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
AMOUNT		TRANS. DATE	FILED_DATE	TRANS #
$1,000.00		10/21/2006	1/31/2007	1236771-A1485

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR		PAYMENT TYPE	CITY	STATE/ZIP
CALIFORNIA COMMERCE CLUB, INC.		MONETARY	COMMERCE	CA/90040
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
AMOUNT		TRANS. DATE	FILED_DATE	TRANS #
$1,000.00		10/21/2006	1/31/2007	1236771-A1487

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR		PAYMENT TYPE	CITY	STATE/ZIP
HOLLYWOOD PARK CASINO		MONETARY	INGLEWOOD	CA/90303
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
AMOUNT		TRANS. DATE	FILED_DATE	TRANS #
$1,000.00		10/21/2006	1/31/2007	1236771-A1488

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR		PAYMENT TYPE	CITY	STATE/ZIP
MJM ENTERPRISES & DEVELOPMENT (Michael Malik’s Company)		MONETARY	DETROIT	MI/48201
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
AMOUNT		TRANS. DATE	FILED_DATE	TRANS #
$2,000.00		10/21/2006	1/31/2007	1236771-A1489

NAME OF CONTRIBUTOR		PAYMENT TYPE	CITY	STATE/ZIP
CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC		MONETARY	SACRAMENTO	CA/95814
ID NUMBER	EMPLOYER		OCCUPATION
890231
AMOUNT		TRANS. DATE	FILED_DATE	TRANS #
$2,000.00		10/21/2006	1/31/2007	1236771-A1490

Note: This post pushed Tom Shields’ buttons enough that he left his “cut & paste” shallow boilerplate protest below. Here are some of the other posts that got Shields’ attention as well…

· Publicist shines spotlight on Senator Stabenow & Rep. Miller after his clients invested $200,000 in their campaigns

· Barstow Casino Billboard - picture's worth a thousand words

· PR flack denies Malik's suddenly a top contributor to Senator authoring SB 157, a bill to approve client's Casinos