Welcome to Quaboag Valley against Casinos

The Senate approved their casino bill
Call or email Steve Brewer & thank him for voting NO!

Next Meeting, Wednesday, August 4

Quaboag Valley Against Casinos

June 30, 2010

Items discussed at meeting:

  • Charlotte Burns and Emy Shepherd reported on the Senate Ways & Means Committee hearing that they attended in Boston
  • It was reported that QVAC donated $500 to USSMass to support their work in opposition of casinos
  • The lastest news from the Senate was discussed
  • It was decided to invite the Hampden County District Attorney candidates to the next QVAC meeting. There invitation will include questions on law inforcement if a casino should be sited in Palmer (or any other venue in the county)

The next meeting was scheduled for June 30, 2010 at 7:00pm at the Palmer Schoolhouse Commons.

 

Next Meeting
Wednesday, August 4

Schoolhouse Commons
1085 Park Street (also Rt 32 and Rt 20) Palmer, MA

Anyone, from any town, is invited

Directions:
One block east of Palmer Post Office. Drive car thru gate on
School Street entrance.
Traffic is one-way counterclockwise
to the far right.
Park in any available spot.
Enter building thru front door
on Park Street.
Stair or elevator access to second floor Room 205

(The QVAC thanks Nelson Pease of Palmer for his generosity in providing this space for our meetings)

Lawn signs are still available - call 413-267-5210

Lawn Sign

 

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Educate yourselves, contact friends and neighbors, and call, write, or email your state legislators

Here are some phone numbers & email addresses for you:
Senator Steve Brewer 617-722-1540
Rep. Brian Ashe (2nd Hampden District) 617-722-2425
Rep. Todd Smola (1st Hampden District) 617-722-2240
Sen. Therese Murray (Senate President - pro casino) 617-722-1500
Robert A. DeLeo (Speaker of the House - pro casino) 617-722-2990

Link to phone numbers, email addresses & snailmail for all
the members of the Mass House of Representatives
and to the Senate

Template - letter to legislators
You can print this letter and use your address
(The addresses of State Representatives & Senators can be found at the links above)

Thanks to "Gladys Kravitz" of casinofacts.org

Thanks to CasinoFreeMass.org

 

Many thanks to Collective Copies of Belchertown for 450 copies of the letter to Palmer residents!
Collective Copies

We're a grassroots anti-casino organization located in Monson (but welcoming any interested person). We are opposed to casino gambling in Massachusetts and specifically opposed to a casino in Palmer, MA. Our intention is to expose the rotten core in this alleged golden apple and our goal is to protect our homes, our families, our serenity and our way of life here in rural western Massachusetts. We invite everyone to attend our meetings.

Strong regional opposition to the potential siting of a class III casino in Palmer has been voiced by residents and business owners in the abutting region. Palmer is a town situated west of Worcester and east of Springfield with access from the Mass turnpike, Rt 90. Palmer has approximately 12,600 residents and is surrounded by small towns including Monson, Wilbraham, Ludlow, Ware, Belchertown, Warren, Brimfield, Holland, Wales and Sturbridge.

The former Palmer Town Manager conducted meetings with developers from Northeast Realty to discuss siting a casino there. The developers signed an exclusive agreement with the Mohegan Sun casino to create a class III casino should expanded gambling become legal in the Commonwealth. The proposed casino would be a commercial casino not an Indian casino and no issues of Sovereignty or IGRA (Indian Gaming Regulatory Act) are applicable.

The Monson Board of Selectmen prior to the release of the Governor's endorsement for expanded gambling, voted unanimously to form a regional impact committee consisting of Selectmen and town managers/administrators from the 11 communities within the 30 mile radius of the proposed site. Stating that they would, "demand to have a place at the (decision making) table."

Although Govenor Patrick has filed legislation, casinos are not legal in Massachusetts, at this time.

Our treasury needs to be built up. In addition to our lawn signs, we want to have bumper stickers, pins and T-shirts. We are accepting donations. Make checks out to QVAC with the word "donation" on the memo line. Mail them to QVAC, c/o Colleen Cekovsky, Treasurer, 211 Bumstead Road, Monson, MA 01057

If you would like more information, email us at QVAC

If you would like to be a member of QVAC, there is a membership form here. You can print it out and mail it to us. You will be included on our email list. There is no fee to join.

Once again we want to thank the folks in Middleborough for their generosity in allowing us to use this link on their website www.casinofacts.org and for their assistance in maintaining this page.

casiNO!