NO CARCIERI FIX! Hear me?

The Fall River Herald News, again failing to conduct any reasonable or minimal due diligence, quoted Willie, Mayor of Fall River [article at the bottom] making totally untrue comments about Congressman Barney Frank supporting a Tribal Casino, writing a letter in support of a Tribal Casino, or promoting a Mashpee Wampanoag Casino in Fall River.

Willie, NO! is NO!

As you might know, if you are even vaguely informed, Middleboro was the first recent community to be targeted by the Gambling Vultures who seek great profits protected by the SOVEREIGNTY of Tribal Gaming which exempts them from local, state and federal regulations and laws designed to protect citizens and they don't have to pay their fair share of taxes to support the commununity [Check out the Spectrum Gaming Report prepared for the CT DOSR found here: United to Stop Slots in Massachusetts or excerpts here: Spectrum. That should give you a fair idea of why Tribal Casinos are unwanted.]. Some local residents spoke with Congressman Frank and their comments are below:


Congressman Frank has stated many times that he will not support the Wampanoags bid for trust land in MA. His staff person is xxxxxx. My mother has her e-maill address. You can email her directly and she will tell you that as well. xxxxx had requested information from my friend in 2009, shortly after our visit with her when we were at the CERA conference in DC. Since the issue was brought to his attention,

the Congressman has consistently stated that he is against this.

The Mayor of Fall River is barking up the wrong tree if he thinks to gain support from Barney Frank.

From another friend:


Two summer's ago a friend and I went to the Lakeville Library due to Barney Frank speaking to his constituents and there would be a Q & A after his short speech, also there would be a one on one short meeting w/him before he left.

While the small group gathered around him, he gave his talk then asked if there were any questions from group. He called on my friend, she asked if there would ever be a Carceri Fix, he stated only six words,

"NO, there will not be a fix"


My friend & I were amazed how he stated this, it was a strong non-politician answer, he didn't leave himself any (wiggle) room to be able to back track if it ended up there was one.



We didn't stop there, I told my friend let's stand in line & wait our turn to speak to him and make sure he really is that definite on his answer. Our turn came, we asked same question, again, we wanted to make sure as we were in Mashpee Wamponoag's territory, he looked us both in the eye and again just about shouted at us,

"there will not be a fix, like I said before, there won't be a fix!!"

Enough said, enough times.

Casino, unemployment on agenda for meeting between Sen. Kerry,
Mayor Flanagan

By Michael Holtzman
Herald News Staff Reporter

FALL RIVER — While Sen. John Kerry had
been here this year during the tragic circumstances when city soldiers died in
two separate combat instances, he will be here for a far different reason next
week.

Kerry arranged his first meeting with Mayor Will Flanagan
Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in the mayor’s sixth-floor office at Government Center.

“I met him at the funerals for the soldiers, but I’ve not met him as
mayor and senator,” Flanagan said, saying he looked forward to it.

He
said Kerry’s local relations representative, Janet Lebel, called Thursday to
arrange the informal get-together.

While Kerry did not suggest an
agenda, Flanagan said it was an opportunity for him.

“My goal is to make
a pitch about the high unemployment,” Flanagan said. He planed to ask Kerry to
support his request that the U.S. Department of the Interior act favorably to a
land trust application by the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe for casino gambling in
Fall River.

He said U.S. Reps. Barney Frank and James McGovern are
writing supportive letters and he hoped Kerry would also.

As a footnote, I am left to wonder why the Fall River Herald News continues to repeat Mayor Flanagan's false comments. Would it be too much to ask or expect that you would at the very least, call the Congressman's office?

A very kind person prepared a summary of the Spectrum Gaming Report that is partially posted. You will notice that the report lists the JOBS - the ACTUAL SALARIES of current employees, here:

CT: Spectrum Gaming Report #11 Low Wage Jobs

Of Mohegan Sun:

(55%) of which pay at or below $26,124)

Of Foxwoods:

(81%) of which pay at or below
$28,930; 4037 (36%) of which pay at or below
$20,536)

Please bear in mind that the Spectrum Report was prepared before this:
Payments To "Foxwood's" Tribal Members To End