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Connecticut Democrats Oppose Candidate's Anti-Casino Stance22 July 2002CONNECTICUT -- As reported by the Stamford Advocate: "Democrats in Bridgeport seemed to be in revolt against their party last week. Anti-casino politicians, including Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill Curry, should be punished at the polls, they said at a pro-gaming rally Wednesday. "Democratic President Pro Tem of the Bridgeport City Council James Holloway took on Curry and running mate, Senate Majority Leader George Jepsen, D-Stamford, most directly. "`The top of the ticket doesn't want a casino, what does that tell you?' he asked. `I'm going to support the person that supports a casino, if he is a scalawag or not.' "…The Trumbull-based Golden Hill Paugussetts promise to build a gambling resort in Bridgeport if the tribe is recognized by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs and granted the right to negotiate for a gaming facility. "…`He ought to be ashamed,' Curry said. "…Political leaders in Bridgeport say casinos could be a central concern for many voters. A new casino offers economic development for their beleaguered city, they say, and it is wrong for politicians to spoil that. "Forty-eight percent of Fairfield County Democrats support a casino in Bridgeport, according to a poll commissioned by The Advocate and conducted by the University of Connecticut Center for Survey Research and Analysis in Stamford. The poll was conducted from March 27 to April 9 and has a margin of error of 3.8 percentage points. The poll showed only 35 percent of Republicans and 31 percent of unaffiliated voters support a Bridgeport casino. "The poll also showed that while support for a casino among Bridgeport residents is as high as 62 percent, about that same percentage of residents in Greenwich, Stamford, New Canaan, Darien and Norwalk is against one…" |