GENT: Demand that Suffolk Downs' "Revere-only" casino be stopped! and then sign REPEAL THE CASINO DEAL!

Despite East Boston's clear "no" to the impacts of a casino at Suffolk Downs, casino developers are attempting an end run around the law and our vote by suggesting they can build the casino in Revere only. This is unacceptable. This morning, No Eastie Casino submitted an open letter to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, our elected officials, and members of the media demanding that our vote be respected and Suffolk Downs be dropped from the casino application process. Please take a few minutes this morning to send your own email demanding that the Commission and elected officials condemn the developers' efforts to circumvent the law and declare Suffolk Downs' casino application dead. Here is a template you can use or modify: To the Members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and my Boston Elected Officials, As an East Boston resident, I am outraged that my vote -- and the votes of 4,180 of my neighbors -- is being ignored and Suffolk Downs is apparently moving forward with a proposal for a Revere-only casino. By voting "no" on Tuesday, I and the majority of my neighbors were emphatically rejecting the false promises of a casino and the negative impacts it would bring to our way of life. A Revere-only casino at the Suffolk Downs site would create the same negative impacts to my roads, East Boston families, and small businesses as the proposal we voted down on Tuesday. Suffolk Downs needed to have received the support of both East Boston and Revere to move forward with its gaming application. East Boston registered a convincing "no" to the ill-conceived casino idea. Suffolk Downs' gaming application is effectively moot, and to suggest otherwise makes a mockery of the gaming law and my vote. I call on you, a servant of the citizens of the Commonwealth, to stand with their constituents over wealthy casino developers and respect the vote my community registered on Tuesday. I call on the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to stop entertaining any discussion by Suffolk Downs for a Revere-only casino. At stake is not only the rule of law and credibility of our elected officials and the Gaming Commission, but the very future of the neighborhood my neighbors and I voted on Tuesday to protect. Best Regards, [NAME] Please send your letter to the following list of elected officials and Gaming Commission members and cc No Eastie Casino (noeastiecasino@gmail.com): constituent.services@state.ma.us, Massachusetts Gaming Commission , enrique.zuniga@state.ma.us, stephen.crosby@state.ma.us, Gayle.Cameron@state.ma.us, james.mchugh@state.ma.us, bruce.stebbins@state.ma.us, john.ziemba@state.ma.us, Robert.DeLeo@mahouse.gov, Therese.Murray@masenate.gov, elections@sec.state.ma.us, cis@sec.state.ma.us, ago@state.ma.us, mayor@cityofboston.gov, revere_mayor@revere.org, Anthony.Petruccelli@masenate.gov, Carlo.Basile@mahouse.gov, Martin.Walsh@mahouse.gov, HCAC@cityofboston.gov, elizabeth.dellorusso@cityofboston.gov, Stephen.Murphy@cityofboston.gov, info@michelleforboston.com, mflaherty@apslaw.com, Salvatore.LaMattina@cityofboston.gov, Bill.Linehan@cityofboston.gov, Frank.Baker@cityofboston.gov, Charles.Yancey@cityofboston.gov, Rob.Consalvo@cityofboston.gov, matthew.omalley@cityofboston.gov, Tito.Jackson@cityofboston.gov, "Ross, Michael (City Council)" , Mark.Ciommo@cityofboston.gov, "Arroyo, Felix" , John.R.Connolly@cityofboston.gov, Ayanna.Pressley@cityofboston.gov, elizabeth.dellorusso@cityofboston.gov     Enough is enough. East Boston clearly rejected this casino, and the law is clear that Suffolk Downs' application is dead. We must demand that the Commission and our elected officials recognize this and put an end to the madness. Please send your email this morning, if possible. These shenanigans also illustrate the pressing need to repeal the flawed gambling legislation once and for all, or else we may be fighting this battle indefinitely. Repeal the Casino Deal is kicking off its petition drive in East Boston tomorrow, and repeal organizers need help bringing this message to our neighbors and gathering signatures. Please email Mahona Siddique a.s.a.p. to help in this important next phase of our resistance to wealthy casino operators in our communities. Thank you, - No Eastie Casino ****