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WHAT VOTERS THINK ABOUT PUSHING
THE PROPOSAL BACK BY FIVE
MONTHS.
TO BUILD A CASINO IN WESTERN
MASS., A CITY AND A DEVELOPER
NEED A HOST AGREEMENT, THEN A
LICENSE FROM THE STATE GAMING
COMMISSION... BUT PERHAPS THE
MOST IMPORTANT IS THE VOTERS'
APPROVAL. BUT RIGHT NOW SOME
PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF THE
TIMING OF THAT REFERENDUM VOTE
WILL AFFECT THE OUTCOME.
THREE CASINO DEVELOPERS EYEING
SPRINGFIELD... BUT NO MATTER WHO
RECEIVES THE LICENSE TO BUILD, A
"YES" VOTE FROM SPRINGFIELD
RESIDENTS IS REQUIRED.
SPRINGFIELD MAYOR DOMENIC SARNO
HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN AN
EARLY SPECIAL CASINO REFEREDUM
ELECTION, BUT CITIZENS AGAINST
CASINO GAMING IS ASKING THE
REFEREDUM BE PART OF THE
REGULARLY SCHEDULED MUNICIPAL
ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.
IT'S A SPECIAL INTEREST THAT
WILL INFLUENCE THE VOTE,
BARRAGING THE VOTERS WITH MONEY.
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO GET
EDUCATED AND EVEN MISS THE
OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THE
TIMING OR THE LACK OF PUBLICITY.
BUT SOME VOTERS TOLD 22NEWS
BECAUSE A CASINO IS SOMETHING
THAT WILL AFFECT EVERYONE IN THE
CITY, NO MATTER WHEN THE
REFERENDUM IS, THEY WILL GO OUT
AND VOTE.
YES I WOULD. I WOULD TELL
EVERYONE. RECOMMEND ON TWITTER
AND FACEBOOK.
AT TIMES PEOPLE DO NOT SHOW UP
WHEN IT DOES REALLY MATTER, AND
THEN THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE
COMPLAING. NOW IN ORDER FOR
SOMETHING TO COUNT, YES YOU
SHOULD GO OUT AND VOTE. AND SOME
VOTERS THINK AN EARLY ELECTION
MAY EVEN BE MORE EFFECTIVE.
JUST SO PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR
IDEA AND THEIR VOTE OUT THERE,
AND GET THE DECISION GOING.
RIGHT NOW IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN
THIS PROPOSAL WILL BE ON THE
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. LIVE IN
SPRINGFIELD YC 22NEWS.
LIVE IN SPRINGFIELD YC 22NEWS.