Feelings hurt by being ignored, David Nunes, the insolvent suitor of Milford, can do little more than threaten, as Milford community opposition grows.
It's all been said before: Milford
Suffolk rival threatening legal action in Eastie fight
By Chris Cassidy
Friday, June 15, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
The chief rival to a Caesars casino at Suffolk Downs vowed yesterday to mount a legal assault to stop the project if a vote is limited to East Boston neighbors and not open to residents citywide.
“If I’m being treated unfairly and if I have a different set of standards that are applied to me in Milford as opposed to Suffolk Downs, then, yes, I certainly will pursue every legal remedy available to me,” said David Nunes, who wants to build a resort casino in Milford and is going head-to-head for a license with Suffolk Downs developers in East Boston and Revere.
Nunes told the Herald he agrees with Secretary of State William Galvin, who said Wednesday that setting up an East Boston-only vote would violate the state constitution’s one person, one vote guarantee and could open the door to lawsuits.
“If he feels it’s wrong, then I feel it’s wrong,” Nunes said.
“People have to be a little bit suspect as to why the law and the constitution are being adjusted in order to accommodate an individual location.”
A spokesman for Suffolk Downs did not return a call seeking comment yesterday.
After Galvin issued a memo in September raising similar objections, lawmakers inserted language allowing the Boston City Council to institute a citywide vote, but an informal Herald poll of councilors shows an unwillingness to do so.
Dot Joyce, a spokeswoman for Mayor Thomas M. Menino, said the city is just following the law.
“The city of Boston’s intention is to follow the letter and spirit of the new gaming legislation that states that in a city with a population over 125,000 residents the vote should happen within the ward where the gaming establishment is located,” Joyce said.
“The mayor has maintained that the residents of East Boston will be most affected by this development and should have the most say in the establishment of this gaming resort. It should also be noted that the neighborhood of East Boston is nearly three times the size of Foxboro.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1061139103
“If I’m being treated unfairly and if I have a different set of standards that are applied to me in Milford as opposed to Suffolk Downs, then, yes, I certainly will pursue every legal remedy available to me,” said David Nunes, who wants to build a resort casino in Milford and is going head-to-head for a license with Suffolk Downs developers in East Boston and Revere.
Nunes told the Herald he agrees with Secretary of State William Galvin, who said Wednesday that setting up an East Boston-only vote would violate the state constitution’s one person, one vote guarantee and could open the door to lawsuits.
“If he feels it’s wrong, then I feel it’s wrong,” Nunes said.
“People have to be a little bit suspect as to why the law and the constitution are being adjusted in order to accommodate an individual location.”
A spokesman for Suffolk Downs did not return a call seeking comment yesterday.
After Galvin issued a memo in September raising similar objections, lawmakers inserted language allowing the Boston City Council to institute a citywide vote, but an informal Herald poll of councilors shows an unwillingness to do so.
Dot Joyce, a spokeswoman for Mayor Thomas M. Menino, said the city is just following the law.
“The city of Boston’s intention is to follow the letter and spirit of the new gaming legislation that states that in a city with a population over 125,000 residents the vote should happen within the ward where the gaming establishment is located,” Joyce said.
“The mayor has maintained that the residents of East Boston will be most affected by this development and should have the most say in the establishment of this gaming resort. It should also be noted that the neighborhood of East Boston is nearly three times the size of Foxboro.”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1061139103
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