The Republican: Shame on You!

We already know about the Fake Posters - if one reads the comments and the letters to the editor, it is clear that the one-sided tactics of the media - press, television and radio - are intent on creating the goose-step march toward Predatory Gambling.

Few letters of opposition are printed, opposition comments are deleted and reporting is mostly one-sided because they don't want you to know just how bad GAMBLING is for your community.

And so it is with The Republican.

The comment below in response to an article about a political hack's endorsement of the financially insolvent Mohegan Sun's Folly was deleted by The Republican:

Hampden County at its worst. Obviously, the state senate campaign contributions of yore are linked to investors with Northeast Realty and MS, hence the "who cares - has been" endorsement of the proposed Palmer casino.

The central MA casino was a back-room deal all along for billionaire Bob Kraft (Foxboro). Btw, didn't "We The People" pay for some bridge for the billionaire courtesy of the Administration's proposal? http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/emails-show-pressure-for-pats-footbridge-25-apx-20100514 ......read it to the end about the maximum campaign contributions.

Here is a teaser, Mizioch, who met with Kraft representatives about the project, says in a third e-mail 10 days later, "The Krafts want this bridge open prior to next season, so we are looking at a completion of 12/31/2010."

State campaign finance records show the Krafts made $500 maximum political contributions to Patrick and Murray, as well as maximum $5,000 donations to the state Democratic Party, as the project was being reviewed last fall.

There's a perverse irony with the racist expression, "Indian giver" with the Governor's patronizing the Wampanoag tribe. Anyone who has observed Cedric Cromwell's (tribal chairman) business track record (Middleborough-fail; New Bedford-fail) knows that he is not capable of threading the eye of the needle in the legislation to get a step-up on the southeast casino. http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/big_gamble_will_mashpee_wampanoag_survive_casinos/page2

Let's wager who wins a sweet business monopoly.......Cedric Cromwell or billionaire, uber-campaign contributor Bob Kraft?

The Boston back-room deal has always been for Suffolk Downs. Even The Boston Chamber of Commerce leadership, whose members stand to lose economically are in bed with DeLeo and a Suffolk casino.

.... and western Mass, sheesh Beacon Hill players could give a $hit. We have all been played and "We the People" will pay for the "services/costs" of the gambling industry. Btw, (again)....remember who payed for the lovely Gubernatorial inaugural party/ball in Springfield? Yes, the same investors in a certain former state Senator and Northeast Realty who own a transportation company that will reap millions driving seniors to lose their social security checks.

Here's the cherry.....the gambling law gives the Governor $5million and the industry a $20 million dollar interest-free start-up loan from the taxpayer's stabilization fund. How's that for government bias and special interest give-aways? Have you ever gotten an interest-free loan from the government? How many small business owners could benefit from interest-free government loans and how many people could they hire locally to build a robust diverse economy?
http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/emails-show-pressure-for-pats-footbridge-25-apx-20100514..
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