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Health & Fitness

Casino Free Milford Rally - 9/18/2013

As a member of the Milford TV Community Media Center, I was lucky enough to have video equipment available for the Casino Free Milford rally on Wednesday, 9/18.  I've posted the video to YouTube in two parts, and it will also air on cable access over the coming month.

Here's part 1, covering Steve Trettel's introduction and John Fernandes discussing the process undertaken by the legislature when they crafted the expanded gaming bill:

http://youtu.be/ypRcJknsT7c

And here's part 2, covering remarks from Congressman Bob Steele, Alan Cabot of No Casino West Springfield, and Milford Board of Selectmen Chair Bill Buckley:

http://youtu.be/AQrRoYd7-Lk

In part 1, you'll get a chance to see the first questioner, a woman from the Braggville section of Milford, who asked about her property values.  On the Thursday following the rally, Dave Nunes went on WMRC to say that she was from Franklin, and he couldn't understand how she would be impacted at all by his casino.  It's funny - these guys like to refer to themselves as the "home team", since the other developers across the state are from Vegas while they are from New England.  It seems to me that the "home team" should know that Braggville is East Milford, and that their casino is placed right in the heart of it!  So I made the short video at the top of this post - here's a YouTube version:

http://youtu.be/QPuyKlLvDUM

If you're opposed to the casino, please sign up for some volunteer shifts at CasinoFreeMilford.com - talk to your friends and neighbors and get the ones who oppose this monstrosity to the polls!



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