Go Vote! Eastie deserves better

It's Election Day, and the Stakes Couldn't Be Higher for East Boston. Please vote 'no.' Thank you for remembering to cast a "no" vote today on the proposed casino in our neighborhood -- one of the largest and most impactful in the Western Hemisphere -- for families, safe streets, and small businesses. Where do I vote? Read why we oppose this development here. John Nucci (Eastie resident and former city councilor) described the stakes of today's casino vote in yesterday's Boston Herald: "In East Boston, the future of the community is on the ballot. Whether voting yes or no on a casino, Eastie voters are choosing their very future. Either East Boston (where I live) will remain the neighborhood it is today, or be completely transformed into a "casino town" by the mega-casino development Suffolk Downs (and an unknown casino partner due to Caesars' last-minute disqualification) has planned. For better or worse, the casino and its impacts will consume the neighborhood. Both sides acknowledge life will simply not be the same in East Boston with a casino. So, Eastie, don't sit this one out." If you are able, please consider making a donation today to help No Eastie Casino cover our costs over the last few days ensuring that all our neighbors have the most accurate information about how this casino will impact them. Thank you for voting "no" for the future of our neighborhood, for your support of our campaign throughout this process, and for being the best neighbors in the City of Boston. -- No Eastie Casino

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Eastie casino players vow game face for polls today
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

By: John Zaremba 
and Chris Cassidy

Both sides of the high-stakes make-or-break East Boston casino battle vowed to unleash an army of ground-game soldiers and pack the polls today, claiming jobs, revenue and public safety are all on the line.
“Things are looking good,” said Suffolk Downs Chief 
Operating Officer Chip Tuttle.

“We’re feeling a lot of support and a lot of momentum over the last couple days. ... We started talking about this project with our neighbors back in the summer of 2007, and I feel like they’re ready to vote.”

Maureen White, the campaign manager for No Eastie Casino, said, “Our main message is, Eastie deserves better.

When you really start to look deeper at the promises they make, it just doesn’t hold up.”

Both sides are offering rides to the polls today.

Pro-casino forces will be on the street to help get out the vote, and supporters will be at every voting precinct. The racetrack even trotted in some sign-wearing mini horses from Saugus to their Bennington Street campaign headquarters.

Critics from No Eastie Casino said they’ll have dozens of volunteers at the polls, at T stations during rush hour and at phone banks to get out the vote.

White said many Eastie residents have only started to pay attention in the last few weeks and are aligning with them, though she still played the underdog card.

“It’s a lot of heart and soul and blood, sweat and tears,” White said.

“They have millions of dollars and deep pockets, and they’re not afraid to spend it.”

Suffolk Downs, once seen as the odds-on favorite in the eastern Massachusetts 
casino sweepstakes, now faces a tightening race in East Boston.

A Boston Herald/Suffolk University poll on Friday had 47 percent of Eastie poll-takers backing the casino plan and 42 percent opposing it.The same referendum is on the ballot today in Revere.

- See more at: http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2013/11/eastie_casino_players_vow_game_face_for_polls_today#sthash.OEEEUhEa.dpuf