Surrounding Communities Have No Voice

Studies indicate that communities within a 50 mile radius will be impacted with increased crime and certainly with increased public safety costs, yet every measure that is attempted to allow those communities to have a voice are deliberately stymied by Beacon Hill in spite of false promises to 'get it right.'




Rejected RC 302 (9-30)
CLERK 33

Referendum for surrounding communities

Mr. Eldridge moves that the bill be amended in line 885 by striking subsection (7) of Section 12 in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:-

(7) has received a certified and binding vote in favor of such license on a ballot question at an election in the host community and in any community abutting the host community and any community within 15 miles of the proposed gaming establishment; provided further that such binding votes shall be conducted not less than 90 days after the execution of a signed agreement between the host community and the applicant as provided in subsection (10); provided further that any city, town, or district that holds an election shall be reimbursed for its expenses related to the election by the applicant. The applicant shall submit to the commission certified letters from the clerk of the host community and all abutting communities and/or communities within 15 miles of the proposed facility with a true copy of the vote taken by each community;