{"id":13738,"date":"2012-05-08T08:20:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T12:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=13738"},"modified":"2012-05-08T08:21:42","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T12:21:42","slug":"the-voters-have-spoken-is-anyone-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=13738","title":{"rendered":"The Voters Have Spoken–Is Anyone Listening ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday there was an election in Foxboro, Massachusetts. If you are a football fan, you know where Foxboro is, but you may not know that the town has been involved in a heated discussion as to whether or not Steve Wynn<\/a> should be allowed to build a casino near the football stadium. Regardless of your view on casinos<\/a>, there are some very practical reasons local residents oppose the casino–traffic in the area where the casino would be built is already a problem during stadium events–the area is simply not equipped for the increased traffic the casino would bring. Anyway, yesterday the people of Foxboro spoke out.<\/p>\n

Today’s Attleboro Sun Chronicle<\/a>\u00a0reports:<\/p>\n

A pair of anti-casino candidates, incumbent Lorraine Brue and former state Rep. Ginny Coppola<\/a>, easily won election over incumbent Larry Harrington and school committee member Martha Slattery, who both supported negotiating a deal on the casino and letting residents make the final decision in a binding referendum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fifty-eight percent of Foxboro’s registered voters voted in the election yesterday. Last year seventeen percent voted in the town election.<\/p>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

Under the state’s new expanded gambling law, selectmen would have to vote to enter into negotiations with Wynn for the project to move forward.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With Monday’s results, four of the five board members have come out against the project, meaning the proposal now faces tough odds.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When asked if Monday’s vote would effectively kill the project, Coppola said she hopes the developers look at the message sent by residents.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Mr. Wynn and Mr. Kraft should look at the results of this election,” she said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Brue agreed.<\/strong>“(The voters) sent the message that they don’t want a casino,” she said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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It will be interesting to see what happens next.<\/div>\n
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