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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  Tue Jul 24, 2007 Middleboro, MA - Casino opponents will rally on the grounds of the Middleboro Town Hall at 5:30pm Wednesday, prior to the 7pm CasinoFacts forum at the Middleboro VFW on Station Street near John Glass Square (a/k/a Everett Square). The rally will then proceed on foot to the VFW for CasinoFacts presentation on the real effects of a mega-casino upon a small town. All concerned citizens and news media are encouraged to attend. To date there has been no open forum between anyone knowledgeable with the casino industry and the community - nor does one appear imminent - so CasinoFacts has taken it upon themselves to present one. Keynote speakers and information tables, as well as many CasinoFacts personnel on hand promise to make this evening an informative one. "If you are undecided, or even slightly opinioned one way or the other, you need to come to this forum," says CasinoFacts co-director, James Reynolds. Featured speakers at Wednesday night's forum will be: Chip Faulkner, Director, Citizens for Limited Taxation; Diane Jeffery, President, League of Women Voters; Kathy Scanlon, Executive Director, Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling and others. "Not often do you see such diverse speakers come together to agree on a single issue," says Rich Young, principal organizer of the forum, "but these leaders agree a casino is bad for Middleboro and worse for Massachusetts." The CasinoFacts Forum will be held July 25 at 7PM at the Middleboro VFW. For more information on CasinoFacts-PAC, or to offer feedback, please visit their website at www.casinofacts.org.
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