"Senate rejects plan to add slots; Action a prelude to more vigorous gambling debate" by Matt Viser, Globe Staff | May 22, 2009
Senator Stanley C. Rosenberg, Democrat of Amherst has been tapped by Senate President Therese Murray to study the issue of expanded gambling....
Oh, no, that's my puke senator!
FLASHBACK:
"We're trying to encourage regionalization of municipal services, everything from public safety to public health, from education to libraries and road maintenance," said Senator Stanley Rosenberg, a Northampton Democrat and cochairman of the Special Commission on Municipal Relief. "We have 351 cities and towns, and most of them are well under 30,000 people."
Yeah, right, REGIONALIZATION is the key, Stan!!
"The state has offered incentives in the past, but has not always fulfilled the promises it made to communities that regionalized. Wachusett Regional, which was formed in 1955 and enrolls students from the towns of Holden, Paxton, Princeton, Rutland, and Sterling, never received all of the state money promised for increased transportation costs, said Cynthia Bazinet, a School Committee member there. Such experiences could deter other communities from regionalizing, she said. "Out transportation costs are enormous," she said. "And we've never been reimbursed in the manner promised."
"Senator Stanley C. Rosenberg, Democrat of Amherst, is listed in official documents as bringing the amendment to the floor. But Rosenberg said in an interview that he did not author the amendment and does not know who did."
WTF?
Doesn't even know what is happening in his own committee -- or is he just lying?
I guess putting a Jew in charge of the gambling issue makes sense, huh?
The Senate also voted, 29 to 8, against a proposal to delay by two years the implementation of a new law banning dog racing on Jan. 1, 2010. The law, approved by voters in November as part of a ballot initiative, will effectively close two racetracks, Wonderland Greyhound Racetrack in Revere and the Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park.
See: Who Let the Dogs Out?
State lawmakers could delay implementation of the law, but most appeared unwilling to buck the will of the voters....
GOOD MOVE! You BETTER STOP BUCKING US!!!!!
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