THE DECK IS STACKED AGAINST THE COMMONWEALTH
Good morning and happy Friday!

As you may have seen, we kicked off our casino repeal Western Massachusetts campaign in Springfield this week with a productive and invigorating mix of grassroots organizing and media meetings and interviews.

The Springfield event was our first official organizing meeting since securing a spot on the ballot with our historic Supreme Judicial Court victory just three weeks ago.

We chose Springfield for our kickoff knowing that though it is a key city for our campaign. Springfield is a struggling gateway community that is the hub of the region. And it is the epicenter of this battle because Springfield can do better than casinos – we know that, the people of Western Massachusetts know that.

Click on the links below to see some of the media we earned in Western Massachusetts this week and make sure to share with your friends and family.

The Republican: Activists Lay Out Their Case for Repealing Casino Law

WAMC: Anti-casino Activists Launch Referendum Campaign

CBS 3’s One-on-One interview with John Ribeiro

WGGB: Anti-Casino Group Launches Campaign to Support Ballot Question

We want better than casinos for communities like Springfield and we’re in this together, as a statewide group, to ensure we don’t turn Springfield into Detroit or Worcester into Atlantic City. Casinos are losing jobs, losing revenue and investors now see the industry’s outlook as “negative.” Let’s not double down on a bad idea.

We need every bit of support we can to get this campaign off the ground. We’ll be outspent by the casinos but we need your help to compete – and we’ll do it neighbor-to-neighbor, house-to-house, community-to-community.

This is Davis v. Goliath, the people v. money. And the people win.

Please help our cause and join our grassroots effort. To sign up as a volunteer in your community, please contact your local leaders or visit our repeal website.

To make a donation and support our grassroots efforts please donate here.

Thank you kindly for your support and, remember, Vote Yes to Stop the Casino Mess.


John Ribeiro

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