Sometimes when your mind is made up with few facts, you cease listening to sense, reason, facts and willingly surrender to well paid lobbyists, generous campaign donors and leadership threats on Beacon Hill.
Pity!
Casino Gambling has been called the greatest transfer of wealth in history.
You might have missed these:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704206804575467840495234592.html
BUSINESS SEPTEMBER 17, 2010
Tribe's Roll of Dice Rattles Lenders
http://www.online-casinos-news.com/mohegan-sun-better-positioned-for-coming-casino-revolution/
http://www.heraldnews.com/topstories/x718562245/Mayor-asks-officials-to-decline-City-Councils-invitation-to-discuss-casino-land
Flanagan's casino gag order derails planned meeting between council and development officials
This article is about a PA court decision:
Phony Beacon Hill Numbers and contained this quote:
To date, with nine of a maximum fourteen casinos in operation, legalized gaming in the Commonwealth [of PA] has created over 8,000 new living wage jobs
You might have missed this:
Atlantic City has an army of homeless beggars
who hit the night boardwalk. Crime is rampant
in Atlantic City. The police union erected a
billboard saying the resort was not safe.
As for the glitter and the fun, they are locked
in the mammoth self enclosed casinos. They
are too often viewed as fortresses in a dangerous
city, hope that is surrounded by despair.
Although it was widely reported that Mohegan Sun cuts 355 jobs,
this was ignored --
Mohegan Sun has cut 900 jobs through attrition since the recession began in the autumn of 2008.
Incidentally, I attend the DEP Hearing in Lakeville and each and
every person in the room supported and promoted the bottle bill.
What I witness is grassroots voices drowned out by lobbyists.
I have not met a single voter who opposes the bottle bill, but
Pity!
Casino Gambling has been called the greatest transfer of wealth in history.
You might have missed these:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704206804575467840495234592.html
BUSINESS SEPTEMBER 17, 2010
Tribe's Roll of Dice Rattles Lenders
http://www.online-casinos-news.com/mohegan-sun-better-positioned-for-coming-casino-revolution/
http://www.heraldnews.com/topstories/x718562245/Mayor-asks-officials-to-decline-City-Councils-invitation-to-discuss-casino-land
Flanagan's casino gag order derails planned meeting between council and development officials
This article is about a PA court decision:
Phony Beacon Hill Numbers and contained this quote:
To date, with nine of a maximum fourteen casinos in operation, legalized gaming in the Commonwealth [of PA] has created over 8,000 new living wage jobs
You might have missed this:
Atlantic City has an army of homeless beggars
who hit the night boardwalk. Crime is rampant
in Atlantic City. The police union erected a
billboard saying the resort was not safe.
As for the glitter and the fun, they are locked
in the mammoth self enclosed casinos. They
are too often viewed as fortresses in a dangerous
city, hope that is surrounded by despair.
Although it was widely reported that Mohegan Sun cuts 355 jobs,
this was ignored --
Mohegan Sun has cut 900 jobs through attrition since the recession began in the autumn of 2008.
Incidentally, I attend the DEP Hearing in Lakeville and each and
every person in the room supported and promoted the bottle bill.
What I witness is grassroots voices drowned out by lobbyists.
I have not met a single voter who opposes the bottle bill, but
lobbyists have kept it bottled up.
New leadership is clearly needed and maybe new faces on Beacon Hill
is the requirement to be heard. But don't count on the Party of Big
New leadership is clearly needed and maybe new faces on Beacon Hill
is the requirement to be heard. But don't count on the Party of Big
Corporations to do it.
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