Davis Supports Casino Referendum. Local Colleagues Join East Windsor Republican on Crucial Amendment.

State Representative Christopher Davis (R-Ellington), who represents most of East Windsor, and his local House colleagues, have filed an amendment to the slot shack bill that would require a local referendum to approve or disapprove authorizing a Mashantucket Pequot/Mohegan casino in East Windsor. Defeat of the proposal by East Windsor voters would terminate the process.

The amendment ought to sail through the House. Who could oppose giving the people of East Windsor a chance to participate in what everyone agrees is a critical decision? The tribes were happy to participate in local referendums in Massachusetts when they wanted to take jobs away from Connecticut by building facilities there. The Mohegans, readers may recall, went down to spectacular defeat in a Palmer referendum, clearing the path for MGM to build a casino in Springfield.

Let them vote.