Number of casino jobs is disputed
Patrick’s 30,000 figure questioned
Steve Bailey goes after Mrs DeVille’s well-known questionable ties to the casino industry.
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.
Dennis Whittlesey rears his ugly head.
“The anti-trust people — I could be ruder than that but I won’t be — they’ve persevered and come at it and come at it.”
I could be ruder, too. I probably will be.
Carcieri
“I’m extremely gratified that the Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to hear our argument in this case of national importance,” said Governor Donald L. Carcieri. “This is great news for the people of Rhode Island and an important step for every state facing similar issues. For too long, the legitimate concerns of [...]
High court to rule on Indian tribal land dispute
Dirty money and thuggery can sway small town politics but they can’t buy the Supremes.
Go get ‘em, Don! (and Martha)
Middleborough Selectman and Chief Propagandist bondadambond Godwins his own blog.
I hadn’t thought of that. Get it out of the way early. Credibility be damned.
What malfunction causes you to equate the extermination of millions of people to fighting against a casino?
Update #1: Bellicose Bumpkin ain’t happy. Neither are his commenters.
Update#2: Media Nation picked up on it.
Update#3: Middleboro Review is pissed.
Update#4: He [...]
I don’t know. I’m all for paying top dollar for experts but this seem a little like asking a car salesman if he thinks the optional undercoating is a good idea.
This story about New Jersey from the WSJ.
In 1990 the state was $3 billion in debt. Borrowing has since grown at a compound annual rate of about 13%, and now the state is $32 billion in the red. Throw in unfunded pensions and health benefits for retirees, and that number swells to $113 billion, or [...]
The unseasoned Joe Pacheco (nephew of the snakeoil salesman, Marc) has been the principal waffler on the Regional Task Force on Casino Impacts.
In an interview recently he seemed to imply that for $400,001 the Town of Plympton could purchase Raynham.
He (Pacheco) wants slot machines to safeguard jobs and the $400,000 a year the track sends to the town [...]
If a “tribe” ever needed a felon, or another felon, or a spokesperson paid for by South Africans, it is now.
Hendricks also said he is not concerned about a 125-page letter the state sent to the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs this month opposing the tribe’s application to put the Middleboro land and 140 acres [...]