It wasn't that long ago back when our state was run by Republican as Governor that the casino gambling issue was brought up to keep money from leaving Massachusetts south to the two major casinos in Connecticut the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun at that time was a great idea.It still can be used in that fashion.
But now that our state is run by a liberal Democrat Gov.Deval Patrick he wants to build a casino or two but for raising revenue which is a very bad idea.He also made the bold claim that these new casinos including the construction will create 30,000 new jobs in the Commonwealth.Even the liberal Boston Globe reported that that claim was way way off.
Even our speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives House Speaker Rep.Salvatore Dimasi (D-Boston) wants to look further into the casino issue before adopting the Governors proposal to have any casino gambling brought to Massachusetts.
I think that this should be a ballot question but like other ballot initiatives in this state goes it won't get the so called blessing of our elected hacks up on Beacon Hill.

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David R.Beaupre