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BOULEVARD IN EAST SPRINGFIELD.
ALL THREE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE CITY. BUT IT'S STILL UNCLEAR
HOW THE CITY WILL DETERMINE IF
ITS RESIDENTS EVEN WANT A
CASINO.
22NEWS REPORTER YOOJIN CHO IS
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM AFTER
DISCOVERING WHY JUST DECIDING
HOW TO VOTE ON A CASINO
REFERENDUM IS A TRICKY
SITUATION.
RIGHT NOW THE LAW SAYS ONLY THE
PEOPLE WHO WILL BE LIVING IN THE
SAME NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD VOTE ON
THE CASINO REFERENDUM, BUT THE
SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL IS
THINKING ABOUT OPENING THAT VOTE
UP TO THE ENTIRE CITY. HOWEVER,
THAT COULD UPSET SOME RESIDENTS,
DEPENDING ON WHICH PROPOSAL
PASSES.
A RESORT CASINO IN
SPRINGFIELD... SOME PEOPLE SAY
THEY'VE ALREADY MADE UP THEIR
MINDS ABOUT BUILDING ONE IN THE
CITY.
TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS TO THE
CITY IN PROPERTY TAXES, THAT'S
CERTAINLY WELCOME. THE
CONSTRUCTION JOBS... THOUSANDS
OF PERMANENT JOBS THERE. BUT
THERE'S A CHANCE NOT EVERYONE
WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THE
CASINO REFERENDUM. THE
SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL HASN'T
DECIDED IF THERE WILL BE A
CITY-WIDE VOTE, OR A WARD-ONLY
VOTE. WHEN THE SPRINGFIELD
CASINO SITE COMMITTEE ASKED
RESIDENTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE...
REALLY... RED FLAGS WENT UP.
THE CASINO SITE COMMITTEE HELD
TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS SO FAR, ONE
IN SIXTEEN ACRES AND ONE IN THE
SOUTH END. THEY FOUND OUT THAT
SIXTEEN ACRES RESIDENTS WANTED A
CITY-WIDE VOTE, BUT SOUTH END
RESIDENT SAID, IF MGM'S PLAN
ADVANCES, THEY WILL BE LIVING
NEXT TO A CASINO 24/7.
I DON'T THINK THAT WAS EVER
TALKED ABOUT, EVER THOUGHT
ABOUT. BECAUSE THEY WERE SAYING
IF YOU LIVE IN SIXTEEN ACRES OUT
BY THE WILBRAHAM LINE, YOU'LL BE
IMPACTED BUT NOT LIKE LIVING ON
UNION STREET OR WILLIAMS STREET
OR MAIN STREET.
THE SITE COMMITTEE ORIGINALLY
PLANNED ON HOLDING ONLY A FEW
HEARINGS ON THE VOTING PROCESS,
BUT NOW THEY WILL MEET WITH