A piece in the Globe has me wondering if gambling interests are out to get DiMasi.
We have unabashed slot booster David L. Flynn apparently bucking for the job of Speakeer:
If I recall, the Patrick administration tried to torpedo DiMasi just before the hearing on Patrick’s casino legislation – alleging that DiMasi used his influence to get a software contract awarded to a friend of his.
Whenever Flynn is involved in something, talk of slot machines is never far behind:
Given the history of efforts to bring gambling to Massachusetts and Middleboro, be very suspicious of seemingly unrelated events that lead you down the casino garden path.
Who’d have thought a little old land sale in Middleboro would bring a $1B community-altering, high-impact, tax-free business to town?
The whole thing stinks to me. What I see is gambling interests trying to take down one of the biggest gambling opponents. While odious, it would fit right in with the way gambling interests operate.
Whattup with the ballot question?
Interesting story in Globe recently:
I have to admit to being somewhat flummoxed by DiMasi’s support of the casino ballot question. My best guess is that it goes back to the vote on Patrick’s casino legislation back on March 18th.
Coming up to the vote, the Patrick adminstration leaked a story that DiMasi had used his influence to award a state software contract to a friend. The problem is that the contract is awarded by the Governors office – but ignore that for now. It is my belief that this was a dirty trick designed to discredit DiMasi coming up to the vote. It only succeeded in pissing DiMasi off and made him determined to not just beat the Patrick plan but to crush it. The only thing that makes sense to me is that DiMasi agreed to the ballot question in exchange for “no” votes on the Patrick plan.
But what do I know. I’ll have to get Rich to call Sal and find out the real scoop.
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