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We told you so!It's over! .... for MiddleboroIt gives me great pleasure today to thank all the dedicated members and friends of Casino Facts who have been fighting and supporting us to maintain the quality of life that we so well deserve. For almost three years we have been trying to drive a message home that a Casino in Middleboro was "not inevitable". Many will say it was the SCOTUS decition to not allow land to trust, or the high cost of the infrastructure, or the environmental impacts, or one of the many other road blocks that put an end to the Tribe's ill-fated plan, but in my heart I truly believe it was the culmination of dedicated research, and the tireless effort to educate and help people understand the logic and the basic principle that there is no price tag for an exchange of "quality of life". Today is not only a victory for Middleboro, but for the area as a whole, but the war is far from over, for now is the time to fight for the rest of the residents of Ma. and help them understand the dark and hidden secrets of predatory gambling.Thank you,
Frank Dunphy  Palmer Massachusetts casino information
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Quaboag Valley Against Casinos June 30, 2010 Items discussed at meeting:
The next meeting was scheduled for June 30, 2010 at 7:00pm at the Palmer Schoolhouse Commons. |
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Meeting Schoolhouse Commons Anyone, from any town, is invited Directions:
One block east of Palmer Post Office. Drive car thru gate on School Street entrance. Traffic is one-way counterclockwise to the far right. Park in any available spot. Enter building thru front door on Park Street. Stair or elevator access to second floor Room 205 (The QVAC thanks Nelson Pease of Palmer for his generosity in providing this space for our meetings) |
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Educate yourselves, contact friends and neighbors, and call, write, or email your state legislators
Here are some phone numbers & email addresses for you:
Senator Steve Brewer 617-722-1540 Rep. Brian Ashe (2nd Hampden District) 617-722-2425 Rep. Todd Smola (1st Hampden District) 617-722-2240 Sen. Therese Murray (Senate President - pro casino) 617-722-1500 Robert A. DeLeo (Speaker of the House - pro casino) 617-722-2990 Link to phone numbers, email addresses & snailmail for all
the members of the Mass House of Representatives
and to the SenateTemplate - letter to legislators
You can print this letter and use your address
(The addresses of State Representatives & Senators can be found at the links above)
Thanks to "Gladys Kravitz" of casinofacts.org
Thanks to CasinoFreeMass.org
Many thanks to Collective Copies of Belchertown for 450 copies of the letter to Palmer residents!
We're a grassroots anti-casino organization located in Monson (but welcoming any interested person). We are opposed to casino gambling in Massachusetts and specifically opposed to a casino in Palmer, MA. Our intention is to expose the rotten core in this alleged golden apple and our goal is to protect our homes, our families, our serenity and our way of life here in rural western Massachusetts. We invite everyone to attend our meetings.
Strong regional opposition to the potential siting of a class III casino in Palmer has been voiced by residents and business owners in the abutting region. Palmer is a town situated west of Worcester and east of Springfield with access from the Mass turnpike, Rt 90. Palmer has approximately 12,600 residents and is surrounded by small towns including Monson, Wilbraham, Ludlow, Ware, Belchertown, Warren, Brimfield, Holland, Wales and Sturbridge.
The former Palmer Town Manager conducted meetings with developers from Northeast Realty to discuss siting a casino there. The developers signed an exclusive agreement with the Mohegan Sun casino to create a class III casino should expanded gambling become legal in the Commonwealth. The proposed casino would be a commercial casino not an Indian casino and no issues of Sovereignty or IGRA (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act) are applicable.
The Monson Board of Selectmen prior to the release of the Governor's endorsement for expanded gambling, voted unanimously to form a regional impact committee consisting of Selectmen and town managers/administrators from the 11 communities within the 30 mile radius of the proposed site. Stating that they would, "demand to have a place at the (decision making) table."
Although Govenor Patrick has filed legislation, casinos are not legal in Massachusetts, at this time.
Our treasury needs to be built up. In addition to our lawn signs, we want to have bumper stickers, pins and T-shirts. We are accepting donations. Make checks out to QVAC with the word "donation" on the memo line. Mail them to QVAC, c/o Colleen Cekovsky, Treasurer, 211 Bumstead Road, Monson, MA 01057
If you would like more information, email us at QVAC
If you would like to be a member of QVAC, there is a membership form here. You can print it out and mail it to us. You will be included on our email list. There is no fee to join.
Once again we want to thank the folks in Middleborough for their generosity in allowing us to use this link on their website www.casinofacts.org and for their assistance in maintaining this page.
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