"the state Lottery Commission took the rare if not unprecedented step of awarding him a Keno license despite repeated denials by town leaders.... [saying] the town's objections to allowing a Keno operation had gone on too long.... State law and court decisions give towns the authority to block Keno, but grant veto power to the commission, "in the public interest.""
So if you want to keep, say, a SEX or DRUG SHOP OUT, then, well.... ?????
You get my point, readers?
Btw, WHOSE PUBLIC INTEREST are we TALKING ABOUT, hmmmm?
The PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE?
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"State trumps town's veto of keno at restaurant; After 7-year fight, Lottery Commission intervenes" by Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff | April 3, 2009
COHASSET - DiNero's, an Italian restaurant and bar known for fist-sized shrimp and family-friendly prices, has endured seven years of bad luck, situated in a town where the officials are not keen on Keno.
But after countless rounds of debate, costly renovations, and expensive appeals, restaurant owner Frank Plotner was surprised yesterday when the state Lottery Commission took the rare if not unprecedented step of awarding him a Keno license despite repeated denials by town leaders.
The town's objections to allowing a Keno operation had gone on too long, said state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill, who chairs the commission and oversees the lottery. Cahill said he was unaware of another community where the state awarded a lottery franchise over the wishes of local officials.
"It's obvious that the town doesn't want Keno, but it's unfair," Cahill said.
Talk about unfair: The Lying Looter at the State Lottery
And a LIAR to boot: The One-Armed Bandit of Massachusetts
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Although the state is openly debating whether to license slot machine parlors and casinos, local opposition to gambling can still run strong. And Cohasset, known for its high-priced housing and ocean vistas, has resisted the state in the past. Before accepting a commuter rail line through town, for instance, residents insisted that the state provide extra-wide parking spaces for large sport utility vehicles.
DiNero's eschews exclusivity, with its $14.95 broiled lobster, twice weekly Italian nights, and website slogan, "Elegance without the cost!" On the town line, it draws heavily from Hull, a more modest community. Given Cohasset's steadfast opposition, Plotner said he was resigned to thinking that he could not fight Town Hall. Unaware that the commission was voting on his case yesterday, he was incredulous when a reporter told him the news.
"Are you sure this isn't a day-late April Fool's joke?" he asked. "I never thought this day would come."
Plotner tried to bring Keno to DiNero's in 2002, shortly after he bought out a partner. He had enjoyed success with Keno at other bars and restaurants he owned in Boston and on the South Shore and wanted to extend it to the Cohasset venue, which was a low-ceilinged Italian restaurant with a dark, mirrored dining room, a bar that sat 10 people, and a tiny parking lot.
Neighbors objected, and Cohasset's selectmen rejected Plotner's request on the grounds that DiNero's was too small and lacked adequate parking. He appealed, but the Lottery Commission sided with the town in 2004.
When we had a REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR who apparently RESPECTED LOCAL RULE -- as opposed to these shit DemocraPs!!!!
Plotner then spent more than $1 million on the establishment, expanding the parking lot to hold 40 cars and building a new bar and lounge, with high ceilings and soaring windows, a three-sided marble bar, and a fireplace. He was sure that the changes would appease local officials.
In May 2005, Cohasset's town manager wrote Plotner's lawyer and told him a second application could be received more favorably, "based on the new circumstances associated with the establishment and the significant change of membership on the Board of Selectmen since the original objection to the Keno license was made."
But residents again objected, and the selectmen denied Plotner's request. "They gave this excuse and that excuse," Plotner said.
Yeah, they ONLY LIVE THERE!!!!!
God forbid they should NOT WANT GAMBLING!!!!!!
Yesterday, after more appeals, the Lottery Commission voted to overrule Cohasset. State law and court decisions give towns the authority to block Keno, but grant veto power to the commission, "in the public interest."
Selectman Frederick R. Koed, who represented Cohasset's board on the matter, said he still considers DiNero's an inappropriate site for Keno, based on parking, traffic, and other concerns from neighbors. "We're disappointed to hear that the Lottery Commission has overturned the selectmen's decision," said Koed, who did not know whether the five-member board would vote to appeal the decision in superior court.
Maria Plante, a neighbor who has consistently opposed the Keno applications, said lottery officials should have respected the selectmen's decision....
I'm sorry, but HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!!!!
Yeah, right!! The STATE AUTHORITIES RESPECT ITS CITIZENS!!
In MASSACHUSHITTS!!!????????
".... I just think that gambling has no place" here, said Plante, who raised six children in the house she and her husband built 50 years ago.
I AGREE 150%!!!!!!
"Put it somewhere else, where there's no houses around and people can go and spend all night and drink and play Keno."
Actually, no.
I would NOT LIKE THAT ONE BIT: Connecticut Casinos Kill
ANOTHER REASON to keep them OUT of Massachusetts!!!!
Keno, a lotto-style cousin to Bingo, generates about $750 million in annual sales, through its traditional video terminals and a Keno-to-Go version in which players must check numbers on the lottery's website. The 7,500 agents who carry one or the other earn an average of $40,000 a year.
At DiNero's yesterday, regular patrons said Plotner had done everything the town asked over the years. Richard Abbadessa, a retired Cohasset police sergeant who owns commercial buildings near the restaurant, said the objections of neighbors put selectmen in a difficult position. He chose his words carefully: "The town of Cohasset is . . . very conservative."
Do you get the DISTINCT FEEL that THIS ARTICLE is VERYM, VERY PRO-GAMBLING?
They seem to be CELEBRATING the STATE TYRANNY and LAUGHING IN YOUR FACE, don't they?
Who wrote this piece? What crap!!!
On the far side of the bar, retired diesel mechanic John Dolan was more direct: "You're in Hingham, Duxbury, Scituate; the people are 'uppies,' " said Dolan, who drives from Quincy once a week for the clam plate washed down with a black Russian. He explained that uppies are affluent people who don't want change in their community, whether traffic lights or rail lines. "They don't want to disturb anybody."
Yeah, here is one for you (a big fat one): The Hot Fart Mist of Ted Kennedy
The elites insult each other depending on the agenda and who it is, 'eh?
Alas, the BOSTON GLOBE is EXPOSED for the TWO-FACED SHITS they are!!!!
Look, I know the guy is sick, but they use him whenever it suits their shameless agenda-pushing purposes! So I'm to feel bad for "picking on the sick guy?" That's how shit gets shoved up your butt, folks!!!
Plotner wore a wide grin yesterday, hand-shaking and back-slapping regular patrons as he spread the news through his establishment.....
--more--"Not surprisingly, the TONE of THAT ARTICLE was VERY PRO-GAMBLING!!!
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