tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72502087785775843582024-03-14T02:57:08.409-04:00Gladys KravitzMiddleboro's Nosey NieghborUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger379125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-31750206466669158212014-11-12T15:04:00.001-05:002014-11-12T15:04:53.616-05:00Waking Up In Vegas
OK, so I made a little documentary based on my years of personal experience fighting casinos - which was not boring! I hope to publish a book as well. Please watch, learn and enjoy. Some of you may even get a glimpse of yourselves! (Oh and don't miss the credits.)
Waking Up In Vegas: A true story of casinos in Massachusetts
Total time, about 35 minutes. &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-82453316576418343632014-06-26T12:13:00.001-04:002014-06-26T12:14:03.833-04:00Casino firms may unite to fight repeal of state law
Read more...
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-83913706092195675802014-06-24T11:46:00.000-04:002014-06-27T16:39:39.440-04:00Region C Playlist: My comments to the Mass Gaming Commission set to musicTo the Massachusetts Gaming Commission as to whether they should expand the deadline for casino proposals in Region C:
American Pie
The unthinkable has happened.
A casino has shut its doors in Mississippi. A struggling billion dollar casino in Atlantic City received millions in taxpayer incentives, only to go bankrupt earlier this month. Most of New Jersey's casinos have filed for bankruptcy. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-7860614117038333142014-06-15T10:04:00.001-04:002014-06-15T10:14:31.090-04:00Ring of Fire - a repost in honor of Father's DaySomehow, or maybe not, we are related. Distantly, if so. I don’t know her name. We just seem to show up at all the same wakes.
This time she’s got a baby with her. He’s very well behaved, with a full head of hair and a sweet smile.
"He’s got your eyes," I tell her.
"No." She replies a little bit too firmly, "He’s got his father's eyes."
I look around for the boy’s father but he must be in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-82267800001759878962014-03-01T12:35:00.000-05:002014-03-01T12:53:31.635-05:00Not Penn Nationals First Rodeo
Fun Fact: Did you know that Penn National once spent $38M to defeat a ballot initiative in Ohio that would have forced it to compete with another casino company?
Is that what we really want here in Massachusetts?
Penn National Vows to Fight Casino Repeal
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-83172715713775354392013-11-28T08:22:00.000-05:002013-11-28T09:08:39.965-05:00Year Seven
Day 1:
Casinos are inevitable. A done deal. The fix is in.
Day 2,396:
Thank you
to
everyone who made
this possible.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-2835675096902771322013-11-22T12:14:00.000-05:002013-11-24T16:36:22.277-05:00The In Joke
Like Deval Patrick, Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo would oppose a casino in his hometown
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-79675819103756077962013-08-14T07:00:00.001-04:002013-08-15T11:41:46.841-04:00With Slots Vote, Town of Raynham Joins Impressive List...
... of things that once were good...
...and then went horribly, horribly wrong.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-71903460419251268042013-04-21T17:00:00.000-04:002013-04-22T17:28:35.186-04:00Cedric at the Bat
Things looked pretty bright for the Mashpee Tribe that day.
A mega casino seemed inevitable and only eighteen months away.
Then their luck ran out with Salazar, and Hawaii did the same,
But Cedric claimed a fix would put his Tribe back in the game.
And while the smart money waited for it's ultimate demise,
The casino got less mega till it shrunk to third it's size.
Payments to the town Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-59980680428492948562013-04-14T19:26:00.001-04:002013-04-15T09:55:44.350-04:00Mashpee Tribe officially pisses off Commission charged with it's future as result of angry Sunday morning media blitz
Dear Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe,
Maybe you should have left the sarcasm and accusations to us bloggers:
A Message from Chairman Crosby regarding the status of
expanded gaming in Southeastern Massachusetts
Welcome to Persona Non Grataville.
Love,
Gladys
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-72651015967045231092013-03-01T12:35:00.001-05:002013-03-04T10:12:50.885-05:00Race Colored Glasses
In his book, “Racism in Indian Country,” Chavers rails a case presented by CERA for doing away with tribal sovereignty, writing that CERA members include third- and fourth-generation descendants of people who profited from acquiring Indian lands in the past and “can’t stand the idea that Indians would get some land back, no matter how it happens.”
--Casino opponents to hold info session in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-86141207769991677802013-03-01T10:52:00.000-05:002013-03-01T13:30:03.867-05:00Massachusetts News Serves New Hampshire Well
"the regulatory and social costs of expanded gambling could very well cancel out the benefits of increased state revenue."
- Study: NH won't reap much profit from casino
I saw this same story on Channel 5 WCVB this morning - complete with requisite stock footage of slot machines and flashing lights.
Anyway, good for New Hampshire!
It would appear that the effluence from their own casino Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-42635639925922794842013-01-25T16:37:00.005-05:002013-01-25T17:00:21.080-05:00The ForceI've been taking a break from blogging, but have wanted to update my previous post on anti-casino advocate, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse and his unfortunate decision to go over to the dark side on casinos. This was the picture I included in the post. I'm pretty sure it was e-mailed to him a few dozen times.
A few weeks later, however, Mayor Morse reversed his reversal by posting this Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-26367231335961496122012-11-25T15:10:00.000-05:002012-11-30T13:22:10.493-05:00Alex, I am your faaah-thaa...
Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse backs new casino proposal in reversal of anti-casino stand
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-39844781676999982492012-11-21T22:30:00.000-05:002012-11-21T22:38:43.720-05:00And these, Thy gifts
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-25252894156580166932012-11-21T11:05:00.000-05:002012-11-21T17:45:02.002-05:00The Grinch who taxed Christmas... And gave us casinos...
... And another reason to shop early...
Mass. prods Amazon to collect sales taxes
Even if Amazon and the state do come to terms on tax collections, Patrick said, “I’m just not sure that we’re going to have an agreement in place in time for the holidays.”
Yeah, that'd be an epic tragedy.
Hey, I get that the state perpetually needs more money, but the Internet has been around for aUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-59655702980966857292012-09-30T16:51:00.000-04:002012-10-09T15:38:34.747-04:00The Irony and the Ecstasy
“Unfortunately, Mr. Lynch has gained a reputation throughout the country as a hired gun who will come up with reasons to deny Indian tribes their sovereign right to land as long as the price is right,” Cedric Cromwell, the Mashpee Wampanoag chairman, said in a statement.
“Throughout our quest for federal recognition, and now an initial reservation, those with a financial motivation to deny us Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-43066268594784473082012-09-14T10:57:00.003-04:002012-09-15T12:33:56.145-04:00Phew!In case you hadn't heard
The final tally shows Brunelle beating fellow Middleboro Democrat Adam Bond by just 12 votes, 818 to 806. In the unofficial count, Brunelle led Bond 818-804.
One small step for a democrat. One giant Hail Mary Pass for democracy.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-7220206670750954582012-09-05T18:10:00.000-04:002012-09-05T18:13:49.577-04:00DeMotivational PatrickUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-50128856046945443532012-08-24T10:30:00.000-04:002012-08-24T15:55:20.913-04:00Penny For Your Thoughts?
I'll give you mine for free:
Governor in Mashpee to celebrate casino compact with Wampanoag Tribe
Massachusetts Community Colleges already gearing up for wave of casino careers
Gov. Deval Patrick to speak at Democratic convention on preserving the American Dream
Put it in Milton!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-88990016124892986072012-07-21T11:08:00.001-04:002012-07-22T15:26:19.022-04:00Taunton Casino Theme SongAn update to my 2007 classic, Middleboro Casino Theme Song, sung to the lyrics of For the Wonder of It All.
Mashpee Tribe
Knows what they're doing
Don't care about
Supreme Court's ruling.
After all
That's what money's for...
Be the King
Not the Goat.
Make things up
And buy the vote.
Gentle stewards
Of the slot machine,
Yeah!
Let's lie...
For the plunder of it all!
Paradise,
Is A Governor
Who Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-50042130106211600782012-07-18T10:22:00.000-04:002012-07-21T11:21:12.021-04:00And the stupidity award goes to...
New Bedford Rep. Robert Koczera is concerned about a Southeast Mass. casino, and is willing to put up his dukes over it - for all the wrong reasons.
Apparently, Koczera attempted to add a firm deadline to the Governor's compact with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, currently awaiting a vote of approval from the State legislature, because:
“It’s in my area that the jobs are Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-58128305887602383862012-07-16T11:50:00.000-04:002012-07-16T11:56:46.481-04:00Smithers... Release the Hounds
I think it is inevitable that at least some of the public officials who were direct beneficiaries of the hiring and promotion system within probation will be charged.
--Lawmakers targeted in inquiry
Boston Globe, July 15, 2012
Ah... How refreshing.
To see that word... "inevitable" used to describe the fate of many of the same lawmakers who once used it to explain why some of us Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-78495624372815628632012-06-29T11:51:00.000-04:002012-07-03T12:48:15.984-04:00Five
I remember a startling photograph from the mid-80's - an Atlantic City
triple-decker encircled on three sides and from above by the girders
of a skyscraper under construction.
The girders
belonged to Penthouse publisher and sleeze magnate Bob Guccione who,
following the legalization of gambling in Atlantic City, was
attempting to erect a towering smut-themed mega casino of his own,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7250208778577584358.post-26622398096813676302012-06-19T10:50:00.000-04:002012-06-19T18:31:12.406-04:00Stand and Deliver
It's like Deja Vu all over again.
Middleboro Town Manager Charles J. Cristello said many communities surrounding the proposed casino are reaching out to the governor, but to no avail.
"From what we’ve seen and what we've heard, no one is listening," he said
On June 6, Middleboro selectmen sent a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick regarding mitigation measures that have not been addressed duringUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0