Cross-posted from Media Nation. What on earth is Gov. Deval Patrick doing? As I and many other casino opponents have pointed out repeatedly, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe cannot open a full-fledged casino in Middleborough - or anywhere else - … [Read more...]
Casino bill defeated by – well, a lot
Cross-posted from Media Nation. Whether it was 106-48, as Casey Ross reports in the Herald, or 108-46, as Matt Viser and Andrew Ryan write in the Globe, the House defeated Gov. Deval Patrick's three-casino proposal by an overwhelming margin … [Read more...]
Not quite dead enough
What could change all that is if the House, having taken a principled stand against the governor, now turns around and allows the state's financially ailing racetracks to install slot machines. Elected officials are reportedly under a lot … [Read more...]
Legislator says casino bill is dead
Cross-posted from Media Nation.Tim Faulkner of GateHouse News Service has an interview with state Rep. David Flynn, D-Bridgewater, who says Gov. Deval Patrick's three-casino proposal won't even come up for a vote. Faulkner … [Read more...]
Timing is everything
The firm has an entire Web page devoted to its "gaming" practice ("gaming," as I've pointed out before, is cleaned-up PR-speak for "gambling"). Among the so-called accomplishments it claims are helping Native American tribes deal with debt … [Read more...]
Mashpee ices casino fever
In a nice touch, the Mashpee selectmen append a letter from the Mashpee Wampanoags promising not to build a casino in their town — signed by Glenn Marshall, who stepped down as tribal chairman last summer after it was revealed … [Read more...]
More bad news for casino proponents
2. House Speaker Sal DiMasi disses Patrick big-time in today's Globe, telling reporter Matt Viser that he's endorsing Hillary Clinton for president because Barack Obama is too inexperienced - just like Patrick. "I think Massachusetts will … [Read more...]
Time for DiMasi to just say no
If there's a budget gap, some combination of spending cuts and tax increases will take care of that. It is not up to those of us who oppose casino gambling and the crime, addiction, divorces and suicides they create to solve the … [Read more...]
We ain’t gonna play Sun City, Mass.
The main theme of Murphy's story is not Sun City, but the Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut. It seems that Kerzner and Len Wolman, the principal investors in Mohegan Sun, found a loophole in a federal law that has allowed them to … [Read more...]
Gamble Deval’s way – or go to jail
Among other things, Patrick's go-straight-to-jail provision has managed to alienate U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, who had spoken in favor of Patrick's casino plan just recently. Frank tells the Globe, "Why is gambling in a casino OK and gambling … [Read more...]