Demetrius J. Atsalis (born March 31, 1964, in

Hyannis, Massachusetts Hyannis is the largest of the seven villages in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. It is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area at the 1990 census. Because of this, many refer to Hya ...

) is a Democratic Party politician who represented the 2nd Barnstable District in the

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from 1999 to 2013. His district included precincts in Barnstable and Yarmouth, Massachusetts including lands proposed by the Mashpee band of the

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to be set aside in federal trust for the purposes of Indian gaming. Atsalis is a proponent of plans by Mashpee Chairman Cedric Cromwell to develop a broad scale Native American reservation casino resort complex to be financed by the Genting Group in his district. He was defeated by Brian Mannal in the 2012 Democratic primary.

Biography

A graduate from Barnstable High School, he earned a social studies certificate from

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and a B.A. in Business Management from

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.Commonwealth of Massachusetts website
accessed 2008-07-09 Before his election he served on the Hyannis Civil Executive Board and the Hyannis Waterfront Action Group and was involved with Barnstable youth baseball and soccer. Atsalis lives in Hyannis with his wife Monika and their three children.

Committee membership

*Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Election Laws *Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development * Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

References

External links

Legislator's website
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