Wednesday, March 19, 2025

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Barbara Kellogg and Pam Youngquist

Barbara Kellogg and Pam Youngquist are members of Citizens Concerned About GB Horse Racing. We are citizen’s rights advocates, animal advocates, safety advocates, environmental advocates, and anti-addiction advocates. Like the other countless concerned citizens in Great Barrington, the Berkshires and the state of Massachusetts, we felt it our moral duty to advocate on these issues as they each became apparent in the proposal for commercial horse racing at the GB fairgrounds. All of us, the concerned citizens, have worked tirelessly together for months to thoroughly research and consult about the multi layered proposal of horse racing, culminating in GB voters declaring their demand to vote yes on the Home Rule Petition regarding the question of horse racing in GB.

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VIEWPOINT: Residents organizing written, oral testimony to support home rule on horseracing

Senate Bill 101 provides that horse racing licenses in locations that previously were granted commercial racing licenses would need no further approval from the municipality. In Great Barrington, that would mean neither the selectboard nor the citizens would ever have a vote.

VIEWPOINT: Citizens should decide whether horse racing returns to Great Barrington

Do Great Barrington residents want an old expired and abandoned license granted by a state agency 20 years ago to dictate whether commercial horse racing comes to their town?
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