People are asking us why we’re singling out Steve Wynn if we’re against casinos. Think of the NoWay2Wynn campaign as a protest movement against Citizens United. Steve Wynn – along with Sheldon Adelson and the Koch Brothers — is one of the poster boys for unbridled corporate spending on political campaigns. These four men have spent billions to drive an extremist agenda and warp the democratic process. They have done this with impunity since the Citizens United ruling in 2010. Legal efforts are under way to turn back the Supreme Court’s decision but in the meantime, there’s nothing quite like an old fashioned protest.
While the legal system sorts out the constitutionality of the Citizens United decision, Steve Wynn has provided the citizens of the Commonwealth with the opportunity to stand up and make a statement. In our consumer oriented economy, one of the most effective tools in the political activist’s arsenal is the boycott. Mozilla’s firing of Brendan Eich over his support of California’s Proposition 8 is only the latest example of how effective this type of campaign can be. A consumer boycott of Citizens United is unrealistic because the Koch Bothers’ holdings are too complex and diversified and you would have to fly to Las Vegas to boycott Adelson or Wynn. But when Steve Wynn decided to bid on a casino in Everett, he brought the whole issue to our backyard. Full story on BMG
