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Anti-Casino Group Reports Half of Contributions from Out of Town, Omits Expenses and Declares Pending Receipts

Campaign Finance Reports for the Ongoing Casino Project in Milford
Anti-Casino Group Reports Half of Contributions from Out of Town, Omits Expenses and Declares Pending Receipts

Milford, Nov. 13, 2013 — WMRC's Ed Thompson reported today that "the [anti-casino] group lead by John Seaver and Steve Trettel raised about $23,000 and spent $14,000. 
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Seaver's and Trettel's group spent their cash on advertising, mailers, office supplies and the printing of signs and list contributions from 33 people, 15 of them from out of town!

Staunch Casino opponent Ken Rocket of Holliston is making money from the issue by printing signs for Seaver and Trettel. A curious omission from their report is that it lists no newspapers advertising, even tough they had some, and only ads at WMRC at a cost of $4,100.

Seaver's father-in-law [...] listed as treasurer, he signed these financial documents and he listed no in-kind contribution for his work.
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Seaver's and Trettel's group also reports that electronic receipts are pending and they are not disclosing them and these reported funds, money they may have received by this method, electronic reporting and from what donors...

Listen to the excerpt of the report here on this post.

To listen to the news report in its entirety, go to:
http://www.radiop1.com/mediacenter.aspx?stationid=67&, then
- navigate to 11/13/2013 by clicking the left arrow, if necessary, then
- select "7am WMRC Daybreak with Rick Michaels and Ed Thompson" by clicking it.

Also READ:
THE ANTI-CASINO MOVEMENT IS AN OUT-OF-TOWN MOVEMENT:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2013/06/01/selectmen-from-four-towns-form-coalition-...

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