Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Economic Development
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| Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Economic Development | |
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| Location: | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Type: | Referendum Committee |
| Top official: | Susanna Starrett, Treasurer[1] |
| Year founded: | July 12, 2016 |
| Website: | Official website |
As of 2019, the Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Economic Development was a referendum committee based in Boston, Massachusetts. The committee was formed by the former heads of the East Boston area anti-casino committee, No Eastie Casino[2]
Mission
According to the Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Economic Development website, the committee's mission was described follows:[3]
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The S.R.E.D. Committee is comprised largely of folks that have been engaged in the battle to stop casino development in East Boston and the state and is seeking to stop this initiative to not only protect East Boston and surrounding communities, but to preserve the integrity of the civil engagement process and provide an opportunity to see where existing licenses lead us without over saturating the industry before it even takes root.[4] |
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Background
According to the Boston Globe, the Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Economic Development was established by the former heads of the anti-casino committee No Eastie Casino.[2] In 2013, the No Eastie Casino committee opposed the construction of a casino in East Boston. The East Boston group was formed by "East Boston residents and neighbors to oppose the building of a resort casino near Boston."[5] The Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Economic Development was formed to oppose Massachusetts' Authorization of a Second Slots Location measure.[2]
Political activity
Ballot measure activity
2016 activity
In 2016, the Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Economic Development opposed the passage of Massachusetts' Authorization of a Second Slots Location measure, which proposed to grant the Massachusetts Gaming Commission the ability to issue an additional slots license. The measure appeared on the ballot on November 8, 2016.[6]
The summary version of the ballot is as follows:[7]
| “ | This proposed law would allow the state Gaming Commission to issue one additional category 2 license, which would permit operation of a gaming establishment with no table games and not more than 1,250 slot machines.
The proposed law would authorize the Commission to request applications for the additional license to be granted to a gaming establishment located on property that is (i) at least four acres in size; (ii) adjacent to and within 1,500 feet of a race track, including the track’s additional facilities, such as the track, grounds, paddocks, barns, auditorium, amphitheatre, and bleachers; (iii) where a horse racing meeting may physically be held; (iv) where a horse racing meeting shall have been hosted; and (v) not separated from the race track by a highway or railway.[4] |
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Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
The following table details the Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Economic Development's ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for the Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Economic Development | |||
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| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Status |
| Massachusetts Authorization of a Second Slots Location, Question 1 (2016) | 2016 | Opposed | |
Leadership
As of the November 8, 2016, election, Celeste Ribeiro Myers was the committee's chair, and Matt Cameron served as the committee's Chief Counsel.[8][9]
Recent news
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See also
- Massachusetts Question 1, Authorization of a Second Slots Location (2016)
- Ballot measure influencers, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ OCPF, "95435 Committee for Sustainable and Responsible Economic Development, Summary," accessed September 19, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Boston Globe, "Plan for second Mass. slots parlor faces steep odds," July 27, 2016
- ↑ Vote No on 1 and S.R.E.D. the Slot Question!, "What is S.R.E.D.," accessed September 19, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ No Eastie Casino, "Home," accessed September 19, 2016
- ↑ OCPF, "Ballot Question Committee Reports (2016)," accessed September 19, 2016
- ↑ Mass.gov, "15-34 summary," accessed December 4, 2015
- ↑ Cape Code Times, "Vote No on Question 1," October 13, 2016
- ↑ Facebook, "Committee for Sustainable & Responsible Economic Development," accessed November 10, 2016
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