Voters reject Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe casino by big margin

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  

Voters in Freetown, Massachusetts, rejected hosting a casino for the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe.

The non-binding referendum saw 959 votes against the casino. Only 308 people supported it.

The tribe wants to build a casino on a 500-acre site on the Freetown border with Lakeville Voters in Lakeville will consider the casino this Saturday.

“We’re just looking forward to Lakeville right now," Jim McManus, a spokesman for the tribe, told The Taunton Daily Gazette.

Get the Story:
Freetown voters reject Aquinnah casino proposal by a wide margin (The Taunton Daily Gazette 5/30)
Freetown voters reject Aquinnah casino (The New Bedford Standard-Times 5/30)
Freetown voters say no dice to Aquinnah tribal casino proposal (The Boston Globe 5/29)
Freetown voters weigh in on casino (The New Bedford Standard-Times 5/29)

Town hosts vote on Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe gaming project (5/29