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Glenn Marshall’s bizarre threat

September 3, 2007 By dkennedy

Jacobs writes: Marshall also angrily fended off questions about his job history, telling a reporter to "back off." He was, at that point, still offering up a false account of his employment history including his claim to have … [Read more...]

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Glenn Marshall’s “secret promises”

September 2, 2007 By dkennedy

Among those promises:Marshall promised local business leaders that he would "help" if the casino harmed restaurants in town. Selectman Wayne Perkins says this would have taken the form of "comp points" -- scrip given to casino visitors that … [Read more...]

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A second investor accused of bribery

September 1, 2007 By dkennedy

Meanwhile, Peter Kenney keeps beavering away on Cape Cod Today as he attempts to track $675,000 in Wampanoag money used by disgraced former tribe leader Glenn Marshall to buy a horse stable in Mashpee.Finally, I've got a commentary on all … [Read more...]

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The casino just got deader

August 30, 2007 By dkennedy

Kyle Alspach writes in The Enterprise:Clyde Barrow of UMass-Dartmouth said the Bureau of Indian Affairs will definitely take the claims into consideration.At the very least, this will add extra time to the approval process, he said."The BIA … [Read more...]

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End of the line for the casino?

August 29, 2007 By dkennedy

Here is part of an account by Alice Elwell in The Enterprise of Brockton:He [Bingham] said the federal land trust for a reservation could be in jeopardy if any illegal acts are uncovered."Everything has to be questioned at this point," … [Read more...]

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More on the Abramoff connection

August 27, 2007 By dkennedy

Gagnon continues:Never major political donors before then, the Mashpee and their lobbyists started giving generously to select congressmen. Following Abramoff's lead, they donated at least $20,000 to California Congressman Richard Pombo, … [Read more...]

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Tribal politics threaten casino

August 26, 2007 By dkennedy

In the Boston Globe, Christine Wallgren reports that officials from 17 surrounding communities and two regional planning agencies will meet tomorrow with Gov. Deval Patrick's economic-development czar, Dan O'Connell, to ask that Patrick … [Read more...]

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What’s next for the casino?

August 25, 2007 By dkennedy

Kenney, who says Marshall had an earlier incarnation as "a Cape Verdean activist," wrote:Bingham say she remembers Marshall when he was in school with her children, "He wasn't an Indian then. He used to tease my kids and bully them because … [Read more...]

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The truth about Glenn Marshall

August 24, 2007 By dkennedy

What does Marshall have to say about all this? "Repeated attempts to reach Marshall yesterday through a tribe spokesman and on his cell phone were unsuccessful," Brennan writes. "Tribe spokesman Scott Ferson said Marshall would have not … [Read more...]

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Want to read the casino study? Too bad.

August 8, 2007 By sabutai

From today's Boston Globe:Two weeks after being briefed on the benefits and pitfalls of casinos in Massachusetts, Governor Deval Patrick and his administration are fighting to keep secret the completed studies that the governor is … [Read more...]

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