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Whether or not you always agree with his politics, Bob Massie (more here) is an impressive figure. His passion is unparalleled and his courage unmatched.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Steve Bailey goes after Mrs DeVille’s well-known questionable ties to the casino industry.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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.
Monday, February 25, 2008
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)
Saturday, February 23, 2008
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.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
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 [...]
Saturday, February 23, 2008
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 [...]
Friday, February 22, 2008
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 [...]