A Boston Slot Barn location will cost Massachusetts taxpayers + $500 MILLION to subsidize Predatory Gambling [according to Senator Petrucelli]!
Ya liked that Big Dig so much and what it sucked from the rest of the Commonwealth, ya want a Do Over?
NOSE DIVE!
Voters flip-flop on casino issue
In a serious blow to expanded gambling in Massachusetts, a new Suffolk University/Boston Herald poll shows support for Las Vegas-style casinos has dramatically slipped in just the past few months.
The Suffolk/Herald poll conducted last week shows Bay State voters oppose casinos by a 47-37 percent margin, a near reversal of sentiment. In February, a Suffolk/Herald poll had voters approving of casinos by a 51-37 margin.
The new numbers could give more ammo to casino opponents, who are trying to repeal the casino law.
The Supreme Judicial Court is currently weighing whether to allow a referendum to repeal the 2011 law on the November ballot. Casino opponents got enough signatures, but Attorney General Martha Coakley rejected it, saying it was unconstitutional.
The poll results suggest Coakley’s stance could hurt her gubernatorial campaign. The poll of 800 likely voters asked respondents whether they “approve or disapprove of plans to locate gambling casinos in Massachusetts” and nearly half said they disapprove — the first time a poll has registered such a negative response.
The 2011 law allows for a total of three casino resorts, one in western Massachusetts, one in the central part of the state and one in the Greater Boston area. The Gaming Commission is currently deciding whether to back a Greater Boston casino in Revere or Everett, but the poll offers little comfort to casino developers at either site.
When asked “whether it makes sense” to open a casino in Revere or Everett, a resounding 55 percent of voters chose “neither.” Just 18 percent picked Revere as the best location, while just 5 percent chose Everett.
David Paleologos, the director of Suffolk University Political Research Center, said the results show support for casino gambling has taken a huge dive in just a short time.
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2014/06/voters_flip_flop_on_casino_issue
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