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The education of Adam Bond

September 3, 2008 By dkennedy

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...]

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Casino study fails laugh test

August 8, 2008 By dkennedy

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...]

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Welcome to Middleborough

July 7, 2008 By purplemouse

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...]

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Reason #11

June 14, 2008 By dkennedy

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...]

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Deval Patrick’s gambling addiction

June 10, 2008 By dkennedy

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...]

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Casino bill defeated by – well, a lot

March 20, 2008 By dkennedy

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...]

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Not quite dead enough

March 20, 2008 By dkennedy

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...]

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Legislator says casino bill is dead

March 8, 2008 By dkennedy

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...]

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Timing is everything

February 29, 2008 By dkennedy

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...]

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Mashpee ices casino fever

February 1, 2008 By dkennedy

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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