Please make every effort to join us on Wednesday, 10/29 for a historic presentation on slot machines and how legendary political leaders approached businesses that cheat and exploit ordinary citizens. The event will include an actual slot machine and will be held on the front steps of the Massachusetts State House. Citizens are invited to view and learn about how the slot machine works between 10am-12pm. The program will begin at 12pm.
Participants include: Melynda Litchfield, National Victims Advocate for Stop Predatory Gambling and a former registered nurse in Illinois who for a period of her life was seriously addicted to slot machines after state government located them near her home; citizen leaders from the surrounding states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and New York, all of whom are working to stop predatory gambling in their own states; John Ribeiro, Chairman of the Repeal the Casino Deal campaign; and other Massachusetts citizen leaders who believe government should promote fairness and equality of opportunity and not willfully cheat and harm its own people.
The purpose of the event is to highlight the clear and substantial evidence that government-sponsored slot machines are dishonest, harmful to frequent users and contributing to rising inequality and unfairness in America. The program includes a reenactment of how legendary leaders like former New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and former US Supreme Court Chief Justice and one-time California Governor Earl Warren, approached businesses that cheat and exploit ordinary citizens.
As a leader who many scholars view as the greatest mayor in American history, La Guardia personally smashed many slot machines during his term of office as mayor because he hated ordinary citizens getting exploited and cheated – particularly lower-income citizens who could least afford it, and particularly when politicians were involved in it. The closest thing to LaGuardia on the other side of the country was Earl Warren who led efforts to destroy hundreds of slot machines because they were in his words, “dishonest in operation and cruel in practice.”
We encourage you to pack a lunch, invite a friend and bring a homemade sign that helps educate other citizens about government-sponsored casinos. Please email or call us with any questions (978) 683-4339.
Hope to see you on Wednesday. Thanks for your work.
Best,
Les
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Les Bernal
National Director
Stop Predatory Gambling
"End the dishonesty and harm of government-sponsored gambling and the unfairness and inequality it creates."
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