http://www.masslive.com/metroeast/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-9/119277842776170.xml&coll=1
Meanwhile, the Middleborough Selectmen who unveiled their agreement with the Wampanoag tribe four days before a town vote are balking at the Patrick Bill that cedes local control. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/10/18/questions_loom_over_casino_plan/
If it ain't good for the pro-casino guys one needn't wonder why the rest of us don't like it.Bond agreed. "Right now, the agreement calls the tune, but with the commercial license, it would be the state calling the tune, so the state could impact what we get," Bond said.
Bond warned that the town could get far less if the deal with the Wampanoag is scrapped, and a casino is built as a commercially licensed establishment.
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The following was taken from the same article.
"The provision in the governor's proposal that would require communities targeted for casinos to take ballot votes before bidding began on commercial licenses also bothers Bond - although he was confident voters would again support hosting a casino.
"It puzzles me," Bond said. "If he is going to take a ballot vote, it should be done statewide. If the people of Massachusetts want casinos, then the governor, along with his economic experts, should decide where they should be located. Otherwise, it's kind of haphazard. You could have a region where nobody wants a casino."
Is it me or is Adam Bond that much of an idiot? If a ballot vote is held in a target community and the majority of the voters do not want a casino, then a casino does not get built in that community. Plain and simple to most folks but Mr. Bond can't seem to wrap his mind around the democratic process.
He says, as if it might be the end of the world, "you could have a region where nobody wants a casino". Isn't that the purpose of the vote in the first place, to let the residents of the target community decide their fate.
Perhaps Mr. Bond is worried that he won't get the votes for a casino without brow beating the population into thinking it's better to have a multi million dollar agreement over nothing. When you take the financial windfall out of the equation, how attractive is a casino to any small town. The Govenor's proposed ballot for target communities will ask the simple question, just as was asked at the Town Meeting.
DO YOU SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RESORT CASINO WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF YOUR TOWN?
End of question, with no mention of any financial arrangement between the town and casino developers. When voters aren't blinded by dollar signs and vote truthfully, I think the anti-casino side has the edge.
Why is it that Mr. Bond cannot fathom a region that does not want a casino? He already lives in a region that does not want one! He talks like a man who's bread and butter is dependent on casino development. If he loves casinos so much why doesn't he move to an area with an existing casino?
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