Dear fellow BMG'ers, as someone who has been fighting the casino battle locally and statewide for seven and a half years, I'd like to thank so many of you for your support and activism on this issue. I had created a short (36 minutes total) … [Read more...]
Together We Scam!
While experts from MIT and Harvard have testified repeatedly at legislative gambling hearings about the potential for addiction engineered into today's slot machines - touched on earlier this year in an episode of 60 Minutes - a colleague … [Read more...]
My iRobot Vacuum Cleaner is More Sentient than Greg Bialecki
I think this editorial in the Globe by Citizens for a Stronger Massachusetts articulates one of the problems with Greg Bialecki, Deval Patrick's Secretary of Housing and Economic Development: Now, in seeking to minimize his role in the … [Read more...]
Attack of the 50 foot Egos
This year's recipient of the Stan Rosenberg Award for Unwarrented Hubris in a Legislative Role is none other than Joseph Wagner (D-Chicopee)! Wagner, who sits on the six-member gambling bill conference committee believes that a one-year … [Read more...]
Let them eat cake
Senate President Therese Murray dismissed opponents’ concerns about job creation as "elitist,"... … [Read more...]
Ring of Fire
Somehow, or maybe not, we are related. Distantly, if so. I don't know her name. We just seem to show up at all the same wakes. This time she's got a baby with her. He's very well behaved, with a full head of hair and a sweet … [Read more...]
Tomato, Tomaahto
TIM CAHILL At least he's honest. *Paid for by the Committee to Make Deval Patrick Look Conservative on Gambling … [Read more...]
Lawmakers see eye to eye on gambling bill, fail to notice iceberg
Yesterday, members of the House and Senate conference committee reached an agreement on a gambling bill for 3 casinos and slots at 2 of the State's race tracks. In other news, Wonderland and Suffolk Downs have decided to combine operations … [Read more...]
Legacy
A half a year back, I found myself standing, with a dozen or so of my colleagues in the portrait-flanked reception room leading to the Governor's office. As we awaited an audience with the man himself, our conversation turned to the … [Read more...]
The Man Behind the Curtain
Three years ago last month (to be exact), I drove to an "informational meeting" at Middleboro Town Hall, not understanding much about casinos - other than having been to them - and knowing absolutely zero about Indian gaming law. Once … [Read more...]