Mass. Vote YES on 3: November 2014

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Is taking away one person's job so someone else can get a job, really the right thing to do?

Roughly $1 billion dollars of the total $2 billion which the casinos will rack up in gambling spending will come out of our current economy. That's not according to me, it's according to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, who should know where the money is coming from.

Yes, the point that a lot of money is gambled in CT and RI is correct. But the bottom line question is this: are we willing to sacrifice the thousands of existing jobs which are supported by that $1 billion dollars in spending at thousands of local Massachusetts businesses, just so we can create thousands of other jobs at the casinos?

I know that most people want to do the right thing, but is taking away one person's job so someone else can get a job really the right thing to do?

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Have you Asked Yourself: "Why?"

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Have You Asked Yourself

"Why?"

? If casinos are so great for communities, why did Governor Patrick, House Speaker DeLeo, Senate President Murray and Gaming Commission Chairman Crosby all say they would oppose any casino that wanted to locate in their hometowns -- but they have no objection to putting one in yours?

? If casinos are so great for business, why do so many businesses close wherever casinos open?

? If casinos are so great for employment, why do Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Detroit have three of the highest unemployment rates in the country? And why do so many people lose their current jobs once casinos open?

? If casinos are so great for taxpayers, why have taxpayers had to fork over hundreds of millions of dollars to bail out casinos in Delaware, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island and elsewhere?

Is whatever you believe might be gained from casinos,

worth everything that you will lose?

On November 4th, Vote YES to Repeal the Casino Law

Vote YES on #3

Vote YES to STOP the Casino Mess

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The Tragic Story of Scott Stevens

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The Tragic Story of Scott Stevens

Late one August night, Scott Stevens, a successful business executive from Steubenville, Ohio and the married father of three daughters, went to the children's community soccer park he raised money to build, sat down upon a park bench he helped pay for . . . and took his own life.

In the days afterward, a letter arrived in the mail addressed to his wife Stacy. Stevens had mailed it before he went to the park on that fateful day. It read, in part:

“I know you don’t believe it but I love you so much! I have hurt you so much. Our family only has a chance if I’m not around to bring us down any further. You’re such an unbelievable wife and mother. I know you will hold the family together…”

The beginning of the end of Scott Stevens life began with a penny -- deposited into a slot machine at a nearby casino. Like so many before him, Scott became addicted to slot machines and ended up losing everything he and his family had worked and saved for over the years.

With addicted gamblers like Scott, a penny quickly becomes a nickel . . . becomes a quarter . . . becomes a dollar . . . becomes devastating.

If casinos come to Massachusetts, Scott's story will be repeated -- over and over and over again. In fact, it is predicted that over 100,000 Massachusetts residents will develop gambling problems. Not all will end up like Scott. But one ruined life, and one grieving family, is one too many.