The Massachusetts Coalition for Jobs and Growth was formed with the goal of passing resort-style casino legislation in Massachusetts. We share Governor Patrick’s goal of constructing three resort-style casinos in the Commonwealth that, once completed, will create tens of thousands of jobs and provide a new source of much-needed revenue to our cities and towns. See the list of our coalition members below, or click here to join.
This Coalition will be broad-based and recruit statewide stakeholders and local partners to organize groups, associations, and citizens around messages in support of:
- Generating new public revenues essential to alleviating a state structural budget deficit of over $1 billion, and to ensure increased local aid to every city and town to support teachers, fire fighters, police officers and other public services;
- Creating profound and sustainable job growth statewide;
- Providing revenue critical to infrastructure improvements, repairs and maintenance;
- Generating $400 million in goods and services purchased from small and medium-sized businesses; and
- Growing the state’s tourism, hospitality and convention and meeting sectors.
Coalition Members
Mayors
| Salem Mayor Kimberley Driscoll Amesbury Mayor Thatcher W. Kezer III Gardner Mayor Mark Hawke |
Boston Mayor Tom Menino Melrose Mayor Robert Dolan Gloucester Mayor Carolyn A. Kirk Revere Mayor Tom Ambrosino |
Elected Officials
| Orange Town Administrator Richard T. Kwiatkowski Billerica Selectman Robert M. Correnti Dudley Selectman Anthony B. DiDonato, Sr. Framingham Selectman Jason Smith Randolph Councilor James F. Burgess Tewksbury Selectman Scott Wilson Wales Selectman Michael Valanzola Abington Selectman Chris Aiello Revere Councilor Ira Novoselsky |
Revere Councilor John R. Correggio Revere Councilor George Rotondo Fall River Councilor Patricia A. Casey Weymouth Councilor Robert Conlon Salem Councilor Joseph A. O’Keefe, Sr. Chelsea City Manager Jay Ash New Bedford Councilor David Alves Tyngsborough Selectman Robert Jackson Everett Board Alderman Salvatore F. Sachetta, Sr. Franklin Finance Committee’s Phyllis Messere |
Organizations and Unions
| Greater Boston Labor Council Greater Southeastern MA Labor Council Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts IBEW Local 103 IBEW Local 123 Massachusetts AFL-CIO UFCW Local 1445 UFCW Local 328 UFCW Local 1459 New England Regional Council of Carpenters Sheet Metal Workers LV # 17 Massachusetts Teachers Association |
Massachusetts Building Trades Council Suffolk Downs East Coast Electronics Co., Inc. Carpenters Local 218 Carpenters Local 624 Carpenters Local 67 Carpenters Local 723 Carpenters Local 1305 Carpenters Local 2168 UAW Region 9A Heat and Frost Insulators Union Local #6 Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 |