SAMPLE EMAIL/LETTER FROM CONSTITUENT TO LEGISLATORS

Dear Legislator,

I write today to ask you to favorably report Governor Patrick’s destination resort casino proposal out of your Joint Standing Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.

As you may know, this is a crucial time for working men and women in Massachusetts.  Working families are confronted with the stresses of fighting for our livelihoods on a daily basis – whether it be our jobs, our wages or our health insurance.  The destination resort casinos proposal will go a long way towards fostering sustainable economic development.
 
The Commonwealth, communities, and the working men and women across the state stand to benefit a great deal if this legislation passes.  Not only will the proposed destination resort casinos provide hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue and provide thousands of jobs through indirect economic growth, but they will also result in tens of thousands of construction jobs and substantial of construction-related spending in our state and local economies.  This is not even to mention the permanent jobs that will allow thousands of workers to support their families, and the income taxes those workers will contribute to the state’s budget. 

This proposal deserves to be reported out of your Committee favorably.  Furthermore, the Legislature owes it to the citizens of the Commonwealth to then take a roll call vote on the destination resort casino proposal in the General Court.

This proposal has far too many benefits to be discarded in your Committee, and not given a democratic vote in the Legislature.  I hope you think of the hundreds of thousands of working families across the Commonwealth who will benefit from this proposal when you are making your recommendations in the Joint Standing Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.

Sincerely,

(FIRST NAME) (LAST NAME)

(HOME ADDRESS)
(CITY, MA, ZIP)