Please. Does Bond think for one moment that the big-money folks behind the casino plans care about Middleborough? As I and others have been arguing for more than a year now, Bond says he sought the casino in order to save the town; but he's … [Read more...]
Casino study fails laugh test
The inevitability theme has been used repeatedly, and, indeed, was a big reason that the Middleborough town meeting last year voted to approve a deal the selectmen had negotiated with the tribe, then voted against an advisory question … [Read more...]
Welcome to Middleborough
Cash bar and shrimp cocktails served at 12. All you can eat burgers and dogs at 1. Speakers, raffles, door prizes. Suggested donation $15 per person or $25 per family. Held at the Middleborough Elks Lodge. And while you are in … [Read more...]
Reason #11
Cross-posted from Media Nation. Picking up on Gladys Kravitz's post on the top 10 reasons that a casino will never be built in Middleborough: The wife of Shawn Hendricks, president of the Masphee Wampanoag tribal council, has taken a … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick’s gambling addiction
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...]
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