Horse Racing Jobs and Education Committee
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| Horse Racing Jobs and Education Committee | |
| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Revere, Massachusetts |
| Type: | Referendum Committee |
| Top official: | Eugene McCain |
The Horse Racing Jobs and Education Committee was a Referendum Committee based in Revere, Massachusetts. The committee was established by Eugene McCain, a property developer.[1] The committee was formed to support Massachusetts' Authorization of a Second Slots Location measure.[2]
Background
The Horse Racing Jobs and Education Committee was established by Boston developer Eugene McCain, who wanted to build a "luxury hotel and slots parlor" near Suffolk Downs racetrack in East Boston. McCain is the managing director of Alliance Capital, LLC.[3] McCain stated through his attorney Jeffrey King that "Our goal is to give the citizens of Massachusetts the opportunity to express their support for one additional slots parlor during this November’s election. Approval by the citizens this fall will enable an enterprise that will create many jobs, provide substantial additional tax revenues for education in the Commonwealth and bring funds to the Massachusetts horseracing tradition."[1]
Political activity
Ballot measure activity
2016 activity
In 2016, the Horse Racing Jobs and Education Committee supported 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.[4]
The summary version of the ballot was as follows:[5]
| “ | 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.[6] |
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Overview of ballot measure support and opposition
The following table details the Committee for the Horse Racing Jobs and Education Committee's ballot measure stances available on Ballotpedia:
| Ballot measure support and opposition for the Horse Racing Jobs and Education Committee Development Development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballot measure | Year | Position | Status |
| Massachusetts Authorization of a Second Slots Location, Question 1 (2016) | 2016 | Supported | |
Finances
According to the Massachusetts OCPF, one of the major contributors to the committee other than McCain was the "professional labor and production management company" Capital Productions LLC.[7]
Recent news
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See also
- Massachusetts Question 1, Authorization of a Second Slots Location (2016)
- Ballot measure influencers, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 World Casino News, "Massachusetts court approves slot referendum for November ballot," June 29, 2016
- ↑ OCPF, "Ballot Question Committee Reports, 2016," accessed September 20, 2016
- ↑ Revere Journal, "Electronic Gaming Proposed … Again," June 4, 2016
- ↑ OCPF, "Ballot Question Committee Reports (2016)" accessed September 19, 2016
- ↑ Mass.gov, "15-34 summary," accessed December 4, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ OCPF, "Horse Racing Jobs and Education Committee, Data," accessed September 20, 2016
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