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NO EASTIE CASINO

CasiNO? SOUNDS FAMILIAR? Read this Boston Herald article. One would think those anti-casino people were transplanted from Hopkinton... Or was it the other way around?
COPYCATS?  Excerpt from the article: “There’s not a single community in the country that’s better off by having a casino,” he said. “There’s not one net positive.” “I’m worried about traffic, increased crime and the burden to infrastructure,” said Myers, a mother who worries about drunken drivers from the casino careening down neighborhood streets. “I’m concerned about the impact on small businesses.”
READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: 
http://bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2012/06/anti_casino_community_group_gives_suffolk_...

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HERE SOME MORE INTERESTING IMAGES:
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- NO EASTIE CASINOhttp://bostonherald.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/media/2012/06/04/867cda_060412casinonl01.jpg

- Anti-Casino Sign in Springfield. Looks familiar? 
http://media2.wwlp.com//photo/2013/07/13/Anti_casino_group_protesting_in_Springfi_1186050000_20130713232138_640_480.JPG

- Anti-gambling protesters break slot machines at a Mohawk Casino: http://www.natgeocreative.com/photography/443935

- Diocese of Western MA Statement on Theology and Anti-casino Gambling: http://www.diocesewma.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/13061245-mmmain.jpg

- ANTI-CASINO CROWD OVERTURNING A CAR: http://willdo.philadelphiaweekly.com/archives/030508casinos.jpg

- This button is from a OHIO anti-casino blog. Looks familiar? http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nTWC99DO97c/T7T0F65EUNI/AAAAAAAAAA0/4Eji7RaifWg/s200/Casino-buton-on-blue-300x290.png

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ARE THESE THE PEOPLE WE,
THE RESIDENTS OF MILFORD,
ARE DEALING WITH?
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This is just a question...

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