cynics and skeptics

Channel 5 in Boston ran a story on the subsidies still paid out to the wealthier Indian tribes. What they failed to mention is the deal Middleborough cut with the Mashpees.

Under the Intergovernmental Agreement signed by the Middleborough Board of Selectmen and the lying rapist Glenn Marshall, the State and federal taxpayers will be asked to pay for the road to service the casino the Mashees and their foreign investors plan to build.

A summary of the design concepts developed in those studies and suggested by the Town as its goal are reported in Exhibit C attached hereto. If the highway improvements called for in Exhibit C were constructed today, the Town’s estimated construction costs for those improvements are approximately $172,000,000. This estimate does not include unusual construction costs which may be incurred because highway and Project construction will occur simultaneously. The Tribe is committed to this general level of improvement on the understanding that the exact details will beworked out during Project planning. The Tribe agrees to be responsible for the funding of the actual costs of construction, whether more than or less than the Town’s estimate.

While the Tribe has agreed that it is responsible for funding the requisite transportation improvements, the Parties acknowledge that the Tribe anticipates seeking funding from the Commonwealth and federal governments to pay for this work. The Parties agree to work together to modify as necessary and finalize the improvements to be identified to satisfactorily address the transportation needs of both the Tribe and the Town.

$172,000,000 is low. The figure bandied about is closer to $225,000,000…of the taxpayers money…