Below, is a recent sampling of letters to the editor in response to the Mohegan Sun Folly proposed in the little town of Palmer:
Letter in Springfield Republican, March 24, 2011
Casinos will exact high social costs
I am concerned about the social costs of gambling. People might gamble away money needed for household and gambling also leads to addiction.
Given the negative impact a casino would have on the region, I would urge a 2/3-majority vote of the host town and of the abutting communities before a casino is located in the towns.
Also, in the Palmer Journal, March 24, 2011
Oppose a local casino
Now that the financially distressed Mohegan Sun has scaled by their plans for Palmer, the promised economic benefits are considerably more paltry. The hotel might be off the table, and slots only. This provides them with the best opportunity to fleece gambling addicts of all their money, while returning as little as possible to the host region.
For the sake of the health of our communities, we must oppose a local casino.
Maria Thomson
Brimfield
We need unbiased analysis
We need an unbiased cost-benefit analysis of casinos and slot parlors in Massachusetts. And the resulting report needs to be publicly discussed before any vote is taken to authorize gambling in the state.
Frances Perquidi
Palmer
You may recall that Mohegan Sun, the financially insolvent developer of the proposed Slot Barn, recently 'down sized' their proposed "Destination Resort Slot Barn" to a mere "Slot Barn."
Letter in Springfield Republican, March 24, 2011
Casinos will exact high social costs
I am concerned about the social costs of gambling. People might gamble away money needed for household and gambling also leads to addiction.
Given the negative impact a casino would have on the region, I would urge a 2/3-majority vote of the host town and of the abutting communities before a casino is located in the towns.
Also, in the Palmer Journal, March 24, 2011
Oppose a local casino
Now that the financially distressed Mohegan Sun has scaled by their plans for Palmer, the promised economic benefits are considerably more paltry. The hotel might be off the table, and slots only. This provides them with the best opportunity to fleece gambling addicts of all their money, while returning as little as possible to the host region.
For the sake of the health of our communities, we must oppose a local casino.
Maria Thomson
Brimfield
We need unbiased analysis
We need an unbiased cost-benefit analysis of casinos and slot parlors in Massachusetts. And the resulting report needs to be publicly discussed before any vote is taken to authorize gambling in the state.
Frances Perquidi
Palmer
You may recall that Mohegan Sun, the financially insolvent developer of the proposed Slot Barn, recently 'down sized' their proposed "Destination Resort Slot Barn" to a mere "Slot Barn."
This was predictable to anyone who has watched the Gambling Industry. All the amenities disappear, the low wage jobs and revenue evaporate and it becomes a mere Slot Barn with cash sucking machines to pay off the extravagant debt of the parent, while the community is stuck with the expensive impacts, including drunk drivers and crime.
Spectrum Gaming prepared a report for the Connecticut Dept. of Special Revenue, available on the United to Stop Slots in Massachusetts web site that considered the conduct of Mohegan Sun.
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