Poor Clyde! Being torn between professional integrity and enjoying having your ego stroked with all that media attention, watching all that money being tossed to those overpaid lobbyists, what's a body to do?
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And maybe others, like Senator Pacheco, will believe your denials and use of taxpayer funded resources to shill for a predatory industry in justifying your false claims.
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Time to slither off, Clyde!
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From Clyde's own work --
Clyde W. Barrow, Ph.D. is the director of the Center for Policy
Analysis at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in
North Dartmouth, Mass. He may be reached via e-mail at cbarrow@
umassd.edu. Matthew Hirschy, M.P.P., is a research assistant
at the Center for Policy Analysis. He may be reached
via e-mail at u_mhirschy@umassd.edu.
The authors do not have any institutional or commercial affiliations,
including consultantships, honoraria, stock ownership,
equity interests, arrangements regarding patents, or other
vested interests that might pose a conflict of interest.
From United to Stop Slots in Mass ---
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8 See Clyde Barrow, “Maximum Bet: A Preliminary Blueprint for Casino Gaming & Economic Development in Massachusetts,” Center for Policy Analysis, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, August, 2007, http://www.umassd.edu/cfpa/docs/maximum_bet.pdf; Sean Murphy, “Massachusetts Casino Backers Playing Numbers Game.” Boston Globe, June 11, 2007; Holly Angelo, “Expert Outlines Casino ‘Blueprint,’” Chicopee Republican, August 27, 2007. Professor Barrow was previously a leading proponent of building a casino in West Warwick, Rhode Island. However, in last November’s election Rhode Island voters defeated the constitutional amendment that would have been necessary to allow the casino by a margin of 63% to 37%, despite an $11 million campaign that had been waged by casino advocates.
It may be worth noting that Barrow’s center accepted a $20,000 contribution last fall from the Rhode Island Building Trades Council, a union group that backed the unsuccessful casino referendum, for a study that would demonstrate the casino’s tax benefits; at about the same time, the group accepted a donation of $25,000 from Harrah's, which would have managed the casino. However, Professor Barrow insisted that he had maintained editorial independence in conducting the study, and said he had been unaware of the Harrah’s contribution – though his findings were prominently featured in Harrah’s campaign on behalf of the casino (Murphy, “Casino Backers”; Katherine Gregg, “Latest Casino Debate Centers on Tax Relief,” Providence Journal, July 7, 2006).
It may be worth noting that I attended Senator Spilka's Casino Love Fest in June 2009 at which, when asked very specifically about receiving $$ from the gambling industry, Clyde vaguely remembered something having to do with the Rhode Island Business Trades Council, but omitted Harrah's.
Clyde W. Barrow, Ph.D. is the director of the Center for Policy
Analysis at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in
North Dartmouth, Mass. He may be reached via e-mail at cbarrow@
umassd.edu. Matthew Hirschy, M.P.P., is a research assistant
at the Center for Policy Analysis. He may be reached
via e-mail at u_mhirschy@umassd.edu.
The authors do not have any institutional or commercial affiliations,
including consultantships, honoraria, stock ownership,
equity interests, arrangements regarding patents, or other
vested interests that might pose a conflict of interest.
From United to Stop Slots in Mass ---
Page 4
8 See Clyde Barrow, “Maximum Bet: A Preliminary Blueprint for Casino Gaming & Economic Development in Massachusetts,” Center for Policy Analysis, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, August, 2007, http://www.umassd.edu/cfpa/docs/maximum_bet.pdf; Sean Murphy, “Massachusetts Casino Backers Playing Numbers Game.” Boston Globe, June 11, 2007; Holly Angelo, “Expert Outlines Casino ‘Blueprint,’” Chicopee Republican, August 27, 2007. Professor Barrow was previously a leading proponent of building a casino in West Warwick, Rhode Island. However, in last November’s election Rhode Island voters defeated the constitutional amendment that would have been necessary to allow the casino by a margin of 63% to 37%, despite an $11 million campaign that had been waged by casino advocates.
It may be worth noting that Barrow’s center accepted a $20,000 contribution last fall from the Rhode Island Building Trades Council, a union group that backed the unsuccessful casino referendum, for a study that would demonstrate the casino’s tax benefits; at about the same time, the group accepted a donation of $25,000 from Harrah's, which would have managed the casino. However, Professor Barrow insisted that he had maintained editorial independence in conducting the study, and said he had been unaware of the Harrah’s contribution – though his findings were prominently featured in Harrah’s campaign on behalf of the casino (Murphy, “Casino Backers”; Katherine Gregg, “Latest Casino Debate Centers on Tax Relief,” Providence Journal, July 7, 2006).
It may be worth noting that I attended Senator Spilka's Casino Love Fest in June 2009 at which, when asked very specifically about receiving $$ from the gambling industry, Clyde vaguely remembered something having to do with the Rhode Island Business Trades Council, but omitted Harrah's.
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Clyde was personally paid for the work below, but seems to have misrepresented his credentials or maybe he misused a taxpayer funded institution --
Job Creation Promises Now Key To Maine Casino Hopes
13 Oct, 2008 / GamblingCompliance Ltd. / Scott Van Voorhis
A lackluster campaign to bring a resort casino to Maine’s ski country has received a jolt of new energy, with a Nevada developer taking the reins. In a bid to win over voters before a statewide referendum next month, The Olympia Group issued a report this week predicting the new gambling venue would create hundreds of new jobs and bring in tens of millions in new taxes.
The report, conducted by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, estimates the new casino, which would take shape not far from the well-known ski resorts of Sugarloaf and Sunday River, would generate $164 m in total revenue. The casino would shell out nearly $70 m in taxes for cash-starved state coffers, while also generating more than full-time jobs, the report found. The state tax rate on the casino would top 47 percent, relatively high for a gambling resort.
We reviewed the tape of the "Commonwealth Report"
in which Senator Pacheco interviewed Clyde Barrow.
Clyde stated --
"...not on a retainer, not a consultant to any casino company and never have been."
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This bears further investigation and public discussion.
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