PLEASE! Listen carefully to Charlie Baker!
He doesn't care how YOU VOTE!
Last go 'round, he lacked the spine to say NO! Tap danced around the issue .... 'well, maybe we could try ONE...'
Last go 'round, he opposed Cape Wind!
Now he sees which way the WIND IS BLOWING [bad pun!], now he favors Cape Wind???? Huh?
Big Time Flip Flopper we CAN'T TRUST!
[He can't afford to OPPOSE casinos or he'd lose the election!]
If the effort to repeal the casino effort passes in November, and Republican...
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SPRINGFIELD — If the effort to repeal the casino effort passes in November, and Republican Charlie Baker also becomes governor, he will work legislatively to authorize the already Springfield-approved MGM Resorts International project in the city's South End.
Baker explained this during a meeting with the editorial board of The Republican/MassLive.com Wednesday afternoon.
Dating back to his first gubernatorial run in 2010, Baker maintained that the state should approve one casino, and see how it goes before authorizing more. But although the legislation being voted on in November authorizes up to three casinos and one slots parlor, Baker is among the people who will vote to uphold the law.
"I'm going to vote against the repeal effort," Baker said. "And if the repeal effort is approved, I'm going to file legislation to put the Springfield casino back on the map."
The estimated $800 million MGM Springfield project is the only resort-style casino to receive provisional approval from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Penn National Gaming previously landed the commonwealth's slots parlor license, and that facility is currently under construction in Plainville.
For Baker, he said the design of the MGM Springfield project, and its slated "inside-out casino" model is what helped sell him on that proposal.
"I think it's a imaginative proposal," Baker said. "Usually they are contained pods and difficult on the (surrounding businesses)."
Baker said the fact that the MGM project is slated to create jobs and through partnership agreements has the potential to breathe new life into the MassMutual Center and other venues, makes it unique.
At a recent debate with fellow Republican gubernatorial hopeful Mark Fisher, a tea party Republican who opposes casinos, Baker maintained his support for the Springfield proposal while saying that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission should put the brakes on the Boston licensing process to see how the MGM project works out in terms of an impact on the community and the region.
In the greater Boston area, Wynn Resorts and Mohegan Sun are competing for the region's sole license with proposals in Everett and Revere, respectively.
Baker and Fisher are competing in the party's Sept. 9 primary with the winner moving forward to take on the eventual Democratic gubernatorial nominee and the three independents running.
Baker explained this during a meeting with the editorial board of The Republican/MassLive.com Wednesday afternoon.
Dating back to his first gubernatorial run in 2010, Baker maintained that the state should approve one casino, and see how it goes before authorizing more. But although the legislation being voted on in November authorizes up to three casinos and one slots parlor, Baker is among the people who will vote to uphold the law.
"I'm going to vote against the repeal effort," Baker said. "And if the repeal effort is approved, I'm going to file legislation to put the Springfield casino back on the map."
The estimated $800 million MGM Springfield project is the only resort-style casino to receive provisional approval from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Penn National Gaming previously landed the commonwealth's slots parlor license, and that facility is currently under construction in Plainville.
For Baker, he said the design of the MGM Springfield project, and its slated "inside-out casino" model is what helped sell him on that proposal.
"I think it's a imaginative proposal," Baker said. "Usually they are contained pods and difficult on the (surrounding businesses)."
Baker said the fact that the MGM project is slated to create jobs and through partnership agreements has the potential to breathe new life into the MassMutual Center and other venues, makes it unique.
At a recent debate with fellow Republican gubernatorial hopeful Mark Fisher, a tea party Republican who opposes casinos, Baker maintained his support for the Springfield proposal while saying that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission should put the brakes on the Boston licensing process to see how the MGM project works out in terms of an impact on the community and the region.
In the greater Boston area, Wynn Resorts and Mohegan Sun are competing for the region's sole license with proposals in Everett and Revere, respectively.
Baker and Fisher are competing in the party's Sept. 9 primary with the winner moving forward to take on the eventual Democratic gubernatorial nominee and the three independents running.
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