in a email today re state of ma. gaming

[rockycatt]

Finally – some good news.
State House News Service is reporting that Speaker DeLeo is eying July for passage of an expanded gaming bill.

Let’s make sure we get the jobs and revenue resort casinos will bring to the Commonwealth!

Please take a few minutes to now to email your State Senator and State Representative to let them know how important this issue is to you. Make sure they vote YES when this issue comes before the legislature this summer.

Keep an eye out for more updates as the legislative session continues.

 

[BingoT]

Robert DeLeo eyeing July passage of expanded gambling legislation

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JUNE 6, 2011..... House Speaker Robert DeLeo told reporters Monday that he hopes a bill to bring expanded gambling to Massachusetts will pass in July.

"That is my desire," he said after emerging from a meeting in the governor’s office with Gov. Deval Patrick and Senate President Therese Murray. "I think that’s all of our desires, but the proof will be once we get to talk about the details whether that’s going to happen or not."

Since talks to bring expanded gambling to Massachusetts collapsed last July, DeLeo, Murray and Patrick have indicated they’ve had few, if any, substantive conversations about reigniting the issue. Patrick has said it’s on the backburner of his agenda, and he has expressed hope that any new push would come after he had agreed on a framework with legislative leaders to avoid a protracted, all-consuming debate.
By Kyle Cheney / State House News Service

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