Charlestown
Citizens
Charlestown Citizens Alliance
Post Office Box 81
Charlestown, RI 02813
email: mail@CharlestownCitizens.org
website: http://charlestowncitizens.org/casino.html
Since 1991, the Narragansett Tribe has proposed a
high stakes gambling facility in Charlestown. They currently are proposing a
casino in Charlestown that would compete with Foxwoods. Foxwoods casino in
Connecticut attracts up to 100,000 people per day. The tribe is lobbying
state leaders to support its efforts to persuade Congress to repeal the
Chafee Amendment to the Settlement Act; the law that requires the
Narragansetts to seek local and statewide voter approval for high-stakes
gambling on its 1,800 acres. If the law is rescinded, the tribe could
immediately forge ahead with a casino in Charlestown.
So far, our Congressional Delegation and Governor Carcieri are standing firm
behind their support and defense of the Rhode Island Indian Claims
Settlement Act. We encourage everyone to write to them and all our elected
officials and thank them for helping us keep a casino out of Charlestown.