The only thing worse is the UNDERHANDED and DECEITFUL GOVERNOR!!!
"Economy deflates hopes for casinos; Support remains, but Patrick, top lawmakers back off" by Matt Viser, Globe Staff | December 15, 2008
The buzz whipped up just months ago by the prospect of casino gambling in Massachusetts has dissipated, silenced by a sharp decline in the national casino industry that has eroded the promise of thousands of new jobs and fresh riches for state coffers.
Governor Deval Patrick will not even discuss the casino idea now as a means of solving the state's deep budget woes, even though the concept was a cornerstone of his legislative agenda early this year....
Remember that, readers.
It is a remarkable turnaround from a year ago, when the governor's bold plan to license three casinos around the state and generate tens of thousands of jobs dominated Beacon Hill for months. Specialists say the reason for the turnaround is basic: an economic crisis that has spread to the casino industry....
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The two casinos in Connecticut, among the most lucrative in the world, have also seen large drop-offs in revenue. Mohegan Sun reported this month that gross slot revenue fell 12 percent for the quarter that ended Sept. 30, while Foxwoods Resort Casino laid off about 700 casino workers in October. Stock for Wynn Resorts is down 64 percent from last year, while
Sheldon Adelson, chief executive of Las Vegas Sands and the world's third richest man this time last year, saw his net worth decline $4 billion in September alone, according to Forbes magazine. The Dorchester native, who wanted to build a casino in the Marlborough area, recently announced layoffs of 11,000 workers in Macau, where his company has been building a strip that rivals Las Vegas....
ANOTHER ZIONIST JEW involved in GAMBLING!!!
Related: A Whale of a Hotel
Jews in the American porn industry
Needless for me to emphasize, but I say KEEP the CASINOS OUT!!!
And here is something else that is interesting: Nothing on Madoff in my printed paper today!
Now remember what the guv said (and the paper reported) above?
Patrick declined to comment on his plan for casinos in a recent interview. Aides have suggested that the governor would not include casino revenue in his budget proposal next month, as he did a year ago as a means of putting pressure on the Legislature to approve it....
Oh, so he is going to USE the CRISIS to BLACKMAIL the STATE into letting the JEWSINOS IN!!!! Just more SHIT POLITICAL FOOLEYS and and LIES from the MEDIA and POLITICIANS!
Further complicating the debate will be yet another push for slot machines at the state's four racetracks. Such a move would help the two dog tracks that are now slated to be shuttered in January 2010, after residents voted overwhelmingly last month to ban greyhound racing.
Those two tracks - Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park and Wonderland Greyhound Park in Revere - employ about 1,000 workers and give millions of dollars in gambling revenue to the state.
They don't care when Hollywood, banks, and Big Pharma robs us blind!!!
Advocates for slots renewed their pitch last week, sending out estimates of how much cities and towns would get in local aid if the machines were legalized - from $2.6 million in Salem to $39.9 million in Boston.
Well, the Globe wanted them to stay open, so is it no surprise they are playing the violin for the DOG TRACKS!
Please see: Who Let the Dogs Out?
Massachusetts Is Going to the Dogs
The owners of Suffolk Downs, which was the front-runner to build a casino in the Boston area, remain interested in a license and strengthened their position several months ago by forming a partnership with Wonderland....
Why put SLOT MACHINES at tracks that will be CLOSING in TWO YEARS? They gonna IGNORE the WILL of the VOTERS again?
"the Legislature could amend or repeal the new law, as they have done with prior initiatives passed by the voters"
Related: I Made Forbes Magazine
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