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Source: Detroit Free PressSept.迷你倉 05--Labor activist Robert Davis said he filed a complaint with state regulators this morning over campaign donations the political action committee associated with Quicken Loans gave to Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan, several city council candidates and others, calling for the immediate revocation of the state gaming license for the company's founder, Dan Gilbert, who also owns the downtown Greektown Casino Hotel."Certainly no one could use the name of Quicken Loans Corp. without his permission and direction," Davis said this morning at the headquarters of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 25, Detroit's largest municipal worker union.State gaming laws prevent casino licensees from donating to political campaigns, and Davis said a $34,000 donation from Quicken Loans PAC to Duggan should not have been made. But Davis also said Quicken's PAC gave money to other political candidates, including Detroit City Council President Saunteel Jenkins, councilm embers James Tate and Andre Spivey and Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette.Davis contends Quicken should not have a PAC because the company's founder, Gilbert, has a casino license, preventing the PAC from donating legally to any local political campaign.Davis' announcement this morning comes after the Free Press was first to report on Wednesday that Quicken took back an $80,00文件倉 donation to Turnaround Detroit, a super PAC that has been supportive of Duggan but is not controlled by or directly associated with him. That action was spurred by a complaint filed with the Michigan Gaming Control Board by former mayoral candidate Tom Barrow."It is totally illegal," Davis said, adding that state law says that in such cases, a casino owner's "license shall be revoked by the Michigan Gaming Control Board. There's no discretion."He pledged legal action to enforce the revocation of Gilbert's license.Quicken Loans officials and Gilbert couldn't immediately be reached for comment this morning.Records filed by the Michael Duggan for Mayor committee confirm the Quicken Loans PAC donated $34,000 to Duggan's committee. Duggan spokesman John Roach said the campaign had received no request to have that donation returned as of Wednesday.The records show show 18 people identified as employees of Quicken Loans donated the maximum $3,400 allowed under Michigan law. Combined with other Quicken employees who donated smaller amounts, Gilbert's workers donated at least $61,375 directly to Duggan's mayoral committee.. Duggan raised almost $1.2 million in the first half of this year compared to about $605,000 for mayoral candidate Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Detroit Free Press Visit the Detroit Free Press at .freep.com Distributed by MCT Information Services存倉