As you may have heard, I was the guest on Ryan Adam's podcast yesterday! A truly great experience with two wonderful hosts and a lively hour of casino-related conversation.
A year ago I couldn't have imagined doing this. (A podcast? What's a podcast?)
As it was, I wish I could have used a few more hours to cover even a fraction of the negative things I've come to learn about casinos in the last year.
My name is Mary Tufts, and I live in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
In early 2007 I first heard about land right down the street in Middleboro being sold to build a casino, and knew the problems a casino would create weren't going to stop short at the town border.
Aside from voting, I'd never participated in government, so I didn't know what to expect when I went to Middleboro town hall to sit in on an informational meeting about the casino - but I didn't expect to hear an attorney, who claimed to be an expert in tribal law, telling everyone that it was all over. To give up and sign on the dotted line.
That didn't seem right to me. It didn't even seem American to me.
I heard a lot of pros and cons of expanded gambling that night, and over the next few years, but most of the things I learned scared me. Witnessing the process scared me more. So I guess I just decided to stop being scared, and start fighting.
I met a lot of fantastic (and not so fantastic) people along the way, and became part of grassroots movement to preserve quality of life, kick corporate influence out of politics, and rid government of it's gambling addiction.
Welcome to my adventures in activism.
- Mary (aka Gladys)
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8 comments:
Gladys,
That was a great podcast! I look forward to your next one. Keep up the great work!
Gladys,
Kudo's to you for speaking out. You did a wonderful job.
Thank you, ladies!
A year ago I couldn't have imagined doing this. (A podcast? What's a podcast?)
As it was, I wish I could have used a few more hours to cover even a fraction of the negative things I've come to learn about casinos in the last year.
Thanks again for taking the time to listen!
Gladys
"Flesh eating bacteria" was the best of many great quotes. Great job.
Why cdp!
Thank you! Coming from the quotemaster himself, that is a high honor indeed!
Gladys
Hey everybody, let's clone Gladys! Nice one. Next stop, primetime.
better yet...let's freeze her brain!
Keep it up Gladys, I see another road show in the making. Great job ! Now we just have to get you out from behind the mike and in front of the camera.
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