HT to MassLib for the link to a State House News story showing just how dug in Speaker DeLeo appears to be on getting slots at the tracks included in an expanded gambling bill, despite the opposition of both the Senate President and the … [Read more...]
What WE need is a Legislative Budget Office (LBO)
On the federal level, the Congressional Budget Office costs out all legislation. In Massachusetts, Beacon Hill does not cost out anything before passing it - neither the Republicans nor the Democrats can put a pricetag on anything they … [Read more...]
Five Reasons for Opposing Expanded Gambling in Mass. — Reasons #5
Casinos and slot machine gambling haven't helped New Jersey avoid a $10.9 billion deficit or the loss of 121,000 private sector jobs (and they certainly [haven't been kind to Atlantic City). … [Read more...]
Five Reasons for Opposing Expanded Gambling in Mass. — Reasons #3 and 4
In the first two postings of this series (http://tiny.cc/BMG-Reason1 and http://tiny.cc/BMG-Reason2), I focused on why expanded gambling is more appropriately described as economic cannibalism, and not as economic development, and on how a … [Read more...]
Five Reasons for Opposing Expanded Gambling in Mass. — Reason #2
In the first post of this series (http://tiny.cc/BMG-Reason1) I suggested why expanded gambling is more appropriately described as economic cannibalism, and not economic development. In this post I want to suggests at least one … [Read more...]
Caring About All the Small People…
The photo above was taken in the parking lot of the Casino Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario Canada. Acknowledging the reality that children are routinely abandoned in casino parking lots, Senator Jack Hart (First Suffolk) of the Senate Ways and … [Read more...]
The flippers and the floppers
Alicea Atkins Atsalis Basile Binienda Cabral Campbell Clark Coakley-Rivera Costello DeLeo Dempsey Donato Donelan Ehrlich Fagan Falzone Fennell Fernandes Flynn Forry Gobi Golden Grant Haddad Harkins Honan Kafka Kane Keenan Khan Kocot Koutouji … [Read more...]
Who voted no on the gambling bill
Here's a map of where the opponents of the bill represent: Republicans in Red. Democrats in Blue. Areas of the state heavily dependent on tourism, such as the Berkshires and Cape Cod, strongly opposed the bill. These reps are … [Read more...]
Suffolk Downs Ended “Zero Tolerance” Policy on Horse Slaughter A Year Ago, But Still Takes Credit
One has to look at the racing calendar of Suffolk Downs to truly appreciate the trickery of what Suffolk Downs repeatedly called a "zero tolerance" policy on horse slaughter. Racing at Suffolk Downs goes from May to November, … [Read more...]
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