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Anti-racino group ramps up opposition
Friday, April 6, 2012
PLAINVILLE - Some local residents are stepping up their efforts to block a proposal to bring slot machines to Plainridge Racecourse.
The group called No Plainville Racino on Thursday submitted a petition to have the June 4 town meeting require an independent cost benefit analysis of the impact of adding slot machines to the Route 1 harness racing track.
In addition, the group is planning an open house from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 29 at the Plainville Senior Center, where information about the slot machine proposal will be distributed. It has also set up a website (noplainvilleracino.com) and Facebook page (facebook.com/NoPlainvilleRacino).
In a statement issued today, the group said it was spurred to action when Plainridge President Gary Piontkowski last month initiated discussions with the board of selectmen to bring the "racino" - a race track with slot machines - to Plainville. According to the law passed last year by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Deval Patrick, businesses interested in pursuing one of the three casino licenses or the single racino license to be issued by the state must first sign an agreement with the host community.
Plainridge is the first business in the state to pursue one of the licenses. The agreement would have to be approved by the voters of Plainville and by the state's newly-formed gambling commission. Jennifer Crimmins Keen, one of several founders of the group and a former Foxboro resident now living in Plainville with her husband and two sons, said in the statement, "The competition from Rhode Island and Connecticut gaming facilities, especially the Rhode Island slot parlor just 15 miles away that's adding gaming tables at taxpayers' expense; the cannibalizing of the local retail market; the influx of workers and their families who will have low-wage, dead-end jobs with no benefits; and the loss of Lottery funds to our schools are only a few of our concerns. We have dozens of unanswered questions."
Keen's sister, Stephanie Crimmins, is among the leaders of a more vocal group opposing a proposal by Las Vegas magnate Steve Wynn to build a $1 billion resort casino across from Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.
Friday, April 6, 2012
PLAINVILLE - Some local residents are stepping up their efforts to block a proposal to bring slot machines to Plainridge Racecourse.
The group called No Plainville Racino on Thursday submitted a petition to have the June 4 town meeting require an independent cost benefit analysis of the impact of adding slot machines to the Route 1 harness racing track.
In addition, the group is planning an open house from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 29 at the Plainville Senior Center, where information about the slot machine proposal will be distributed. It has also set up a website (noplainvilleracino.com) and Facebook page (facebook.com/NoPlainvilleRacino).
In a statement issued today, the group said it was spurred to action when Plainridge President Gary Piontkowski last month initiated discussions with the board of selectmen to bring the "racino" - a race track with slot machines - to Plainville. According to the law passed last year by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Deval Patrick, businesses interested in pursuing one of the three casino licenses or the single racino license to be issued by the state must first sign an agreement with the host community.
Plainridge is the first business in the state to pursue one of the licenses. The agreement would have to be approved by the voters of Plainville and by the state's newly-formed gambling commission. Jennifer Crimmins Keen, one of several founders of the group and a former Foxboro resident now living in Plainville with her husband and two sons, said in the statement, "The competition from Rhode Island and Connecticut gaming facilities, especially the Rhode Island slot parlor just 15 miles away that's adding gaming tables at taxpayers' expense; the cannibalizing of the local retail market; the influx of workers and their families who will have low-wage, dead-end jobs with no benefits; and the loss of Lottery funds to our schools are only a few of our concerns. We have dozens of unanswered questions."
Keen's sister, Stephanie Crimmins, is among the leaders of a more vocal group opposing a proposal by Las Vegas magnate Steve Wynn to build a $1 billion resort casino across from Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.
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