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Massachusetts: Dog Racing

Thu, 11/06/2008 - 15:32

Pro-Question 3 camp: Opposition made mistakes

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The organization behind Question 3 said Thursday that their opponents made several missteps in their campaign.

"They ran a strange campaign," Carey Theil, the campaign manager of the Committee to Protect Dogs, said. "Rather than put a lot of money on TV, which they should have done, they put a third of money on TV, then they bought radio, then they bought print advertising. They never quite had enough punch behind any of it."

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Mon, 11/03/2008 - 17:53

Anti-Question 3 organization hits on job losses in TV ad

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The group opposing Question 3 is running a TV ad that highlights the number of jobs it says the measure would cost Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Animal Interest Coalition says in the ad that 1,000 jobs would be lost if Question 3, the ballot measure that would prohibit dog racing in Massachusetts, succeeds.

The ad features testimonials from several workers who say that they would lose their jobs if Question 3 succeeds.

"It's not right to throw people out of work for no reason," says one.

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Fri, 10/31/2008 - 11:58

Question 3 proponents up with new ad statewide

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The group backing Question 3, the measure that would eliminate dog racing in Massachusetts, is up with a new TV ad that is running statewide through the election on Tuesday.

The ad is the Committee to Protect Dogs' second TV ad and is running statewide on all broadcast channels in Boston, all broadcast channels in Springfield and on cable in both the Boston area and western Massachusetts, according to the committee.

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Sat, 10/25/2008 - 15:46

Murray: ‘No’ on 3 ballot questions

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

WORCESTER - Lt. Gov. Tim Murray said Saturday that he is opposed to the three questions that will appear on the statewide ballot this year.

"No cubed," the Worcester Democrat told PolitickerMA.com. "No on Question 1, no on getting rid of the dogs and no on the marijuana [question]."

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Fri, 10/24/2008 - 08:21

Suffolk: Question 3 heading toward Election Day showdown

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

A recent poll shows that voters are evenly divided on Question 3, the ballot measure that would prohibit dog racing in Massachusetts.

The Suffolk University/7News poll, released Thursday night, revealed that 44 percent support the measure while 43 percent oppose it. Thirteen percent of the 400 registered voters polled were undecided.

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Tue, 10/21/2008 - 15:33

Globe urges votes against all 3 ballots questions

By Jeremy P. Jacobs, PolitickerMA.com Reporter

The Boston Globe editorial board came down against all three questions that will appear on the ballot in November.

On Question 1, the measure that would abolish the state income tax, the Globe wrote Tuesday that the current financial crisis only underlines the need for a "no" vote on the measure.

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