Promoting Division!

In Middleboro, DIVISIVENESS was inflamed by elected officials spreading misinformation [Wayne Perkins repeated McGowan's MISINFORMATION that towns with casinos don't pay property taxes], silencing questions with tyranny [The Gavel Queen, anyone?] and much else.

Small egos on Beacon Hill were stroked by GAMBLING LOBBYISTS for which they should be duly embarassed.

At NO TIME has there been a public debate or discussion because the flawed business model of Predatory Gambling depends on creating NEW Gamblers and creating NEW Gambling Addicts.


The Business Model depends on PLAYING TO EXTINCTION, sucking all discretionary income from local communities.


While gambling revenues are declining from Gambling Market Saturation, the mindless continue to spout the grossly overstated projections from the Spectrum Gaming Report, ordered by Governor Slot Barns for which taxpayers spent $189,000.

NoPlainvilleRacino via Repeal The Casino Deal

From Repeal The Casino Deal:

Divisiveness seems to be the only product that government both state and federal seem to be able to offer its citizens. There will always be differences of opinion and even differences of interpretation of data. However, the expanded predatory gambling law was not initiated by the People. It was initiated by special interest groups that plan on making profits as wealth/spending shifts from the regional broad-based economy to the gambling monopolies.

The special interest groups and lobbyists (that include many former politicians) worked the campaign funding of many prominent politicians finally getting to the trifecta of Governor, Speaker and Senate President to support electronic gambling. With the power politics aligning (the Speaker and Senate President have totalitarian control over committee assignments, raises for committee chair persons and how districts will get appropriations) we saw Beacon Hill politics at its worst with the lemmings of previous No votes flipping to Yes.

There is an irony that some of these lemmings represent communities that are getting creamed by the proposals and impacts without a vote. Wilbraham is getting bashed on all sides.

Tewksbury's state Representative and a Worcester state Senator lamented their votes, stating they never thought the casinos/slots barn proposals would be in their districts. West Springfield citizens educated themselves on the issue and the flawed host agreement - which was irrefutably better than the Palmer host community agreement and they voted NO. Their state elected officials and mayor were all gung-ho for the casino and the People voted NO. Who are these politicians representing?

Voters need to remember who voted for this and who brought the divisiveness of a casinos and slot barns to Massachusetts. The vote on November 5, 2013 is a very important decision for host community members. It is also a stake in the heart of the surrounding communities that will be impacted and were denied voting rights on a permanent costly issue that will drain the regional economy, create chronic divisiveness, and as Joe Weinert, Spectrum Gaming, VP said, "change everything."

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/10/last_informational_session_on.html