We wanted you to hear from it first: The Supreme Court just took a major step in knocking the referendum off the ballot.

Friday late-afternoon The Supreme Court put a preliminary injunction on the referendum. That keeps the referendum from being on the ballot until further notice.

It's an outrage. Our vote is not a legal football to be kicked around by judges. It is a right, nothing something we should have ever had to fight for. So we have every right to be angry at this decision! It's against that which is deepest in a democratic system: voting and the right for the people to have their say. This is round one of a multiple-round fight. The implementation of the preliminary injunction is a little unclear since the ballots are already printed. Stickers should not be put to cover up the question on the physical ballots, because there still remains a chance the injunction will be lifted. So hope remains.

Yet our outrage needs to be heard. Money and undue influence should not trump the interests of the public in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.

We have two immediate actions:

1) Send a letter to the Gaming Oversight Commission to tell them this situation is unacceptable. We should not be worried about whether our right to vote is going to be upheld.

2) Join us for a "Our Vote is Not a Legal Football" rally. Join us Monday, 12noon at City Hall [West-side, Dilworth Plaza]. We will take a visit to our visiting Supreme Court Judges, too.

Let others know, by passing this message on across the City and State. The bottomline: This is an outrage; and this is the moment to show what we are made of. Our movement will only use this fire to grow.

Warmly, - Daniel Hunter

 You can read the court order and more from our website: www.CasinoFreePhila.org.

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