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On September 11, 2006 the Charlestown Town Council unanimously voted to adopt the Town of East Greenwich's resolution against Question #1, which will be voted on this upcoming November.
"It's a cancer to society," said Town Council member, Forrester Safford.
Also against a new casino being built was Town Council member Gregory Avedisian who said, "proponents have been less than honest giving taxpayers a false illusionary sense of power."
During the meeting Chairman Deborah A. Carney read aloud the resolution that the Town of East Greenwich wrote and approved, which reads as follows:
Whereas, the general Assembly has adopted a resolution placing before the voters a constitutional amendment which would grant to a private entity the right to a no-bid license for a casino to be located in the Town of West Warwick; and
Whereas, a casino in West Warwick is a matter of statewide concern; and
Whereas, amending our state constitution, the repository of our most basic rights, to allow for a no-bid gambling casino is abhorrent to the principles of constitutional government and our state constitution should not be utilized in this manner for the establishment of a casino in Rhode Island; and
Whereas, the economic damage caused by a gambling casino in West Warwick includes damage to our important tourism, hospitality, entertainment and restaurant industry, and other related and associated businesses, who cannot fairly compete with the economic advantages casino operators possess; and
Whereas, the present casino proposal is a no-bid proposal which, by its terms, does not return optimal tax revenue or other necessary benefits to the taxpayers of Rhode Island; and
Whereas, the casino proposal contains promises of property tax relief, promises that cannot be kept and creates false and illusory hope to our local taxpayers; and
Whereas, the proposed constitutional amendment inappropriately gives the Town of West Warwick and the casino operator a right that it denies to all other communities and citizens; and
Whereas, the proposed constitutional amendment potentially lets a single town veto the amendment even if passed by the people as a whole; and
Whereas, there has been no disclosure of the actual operating agreements of the parties or the tax relief to be granted each community; and
Whereas, the benefits of gambling casinos, the revenues from which would largely inure to the gaming industry, local sponsors and state government are much less than the real costs of casinos to the host community and surrounding communities, including increased costs of police and fire services, court caseloads, juvenile and social welfare programs, traffic control, road repair, sanitation, and drainage.
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