REPEAL THE CASINO DEAL!
Seaver, Trettel: Protect Milford from casino
MILFORD —
We urge all Milford residents to consider the substantial price we will pay if we allow a casino to be built in the midst of our residential community.
A casino will double our entire population almost daily, halting traffic on our local roads and highways. Traffic snarls will not only delay our daily drives to the grocery store, but also our commutes to work and home on I-495 when traffic backs up all the way past the Mass Pike.
Property values all over town will likely drop. Even the chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission thinks so.
Water is a precious natural resource, and Milford has a limited supply. Foxwoods would take a substantial portion of our reserve.
Casinos generate much more crime than anyone cares to admit. Imagine seven million more people in Milford each year! DUIs, embezzlement, and prostitution will be a guaranteed new fact of life. No amount of casino revenue could be worth having a loved one critically injured by a driver who drank too much at the casino.
The casino payments are simply a combination of taxes, which every business pays, and mitigation.
Mitigation is the money we are being promised in exchange for the damages a casino will inflict on our quality of life by creating daily headaches on our roads, lowering our home values, overburdening our schools and hospital, compromising our water supply, and most importantly, putting our families at risk.
Let us stand together to protect ourselves, our kids, and our grandkids. Every vote will count in this critical referendum. Please join us at the polls on Nov. 19 and vote NO!
JOHN SEAVER
STEVE TRETTEL
Milford
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