Plainridge's Disregard

Stop Predatory Gambling  offers commentary worth reading about the decline of horse racing, especially reflecting on the recent attempt of Plainridge to silence opposition to their proposed Slot Barn.

A few stories about Plainridge may be found here:

Plainridge: Gagging the Opposition
Plainridge's Bogus Lawsuits
Plainridge Attack Opposition
Plainridge attempts to intimidate opponent, ACLU defends


The Plainville/Plainridge process has been fraught with intimidation, bias and a failure to protect the future interests of the small community.

Commentary on the DEAD Horse Racing Industry may be found here:

Save the Tracks

Blasting at Plainridge is set to begin AGAIN on October 10th and is threatening to continue for "about two weeks". For months, the noise from the construction of the "Garage to Nowhere" has been excruciatingly painful for the neighbors on Mirimichi Street, Haynes Road and Harness Path. And the drilling and crushing goes on, six days a week, with the back-up alarms so loud and constant that all the windows in the house MUST be closed if you don't want to lose your mind.

When the first round of blasting began, NOTHING was ever said about another round of it down the road. What else does Plainridge have up their sleeve that they haven't told us about?

How is it that the Planning Board allowed this to happen to us with ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO ABATE THE NOISE OR TO PROTECT OR COMPENSATE THE RESIDENTS FOR WHAT THIS IS DOING TO THE QUALITY OF OUR LIVES AND OUR PEACE OF MIND?

This is simply inhumane. A structure of this size, that requires so much basting and drilling, should NEVER have been allowed so close to our homes. We might not always see the rock dust, but we know it is in the air. We might not always see the exhaust fumes, but we smell them every day. We might not be able to get the DEP to respond to our pleas for help regarding excessive noise, but we know it's there because it is eroding our health and well being.

Mary-Ann