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Jack Healey – casino magnet
Jack Healey - photo from Commonweath Magazine
Looks like both the Mashpee and Aquinna Wampanoag are
nosing around the Fall River area. It’s interesting that the Freetown interim town manager is none other than Jack Healey – former Middleboro town manager and key player in the Middleboro casino project:
Wouldn’t it be funny if Jack was able to negotiate a $20M deal in Freetown?
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On a partially related topic, I realize that the Aquinnah already have a compact with the state that severely limits what they can do for sovereign casinos. That said, they’ve been waiting longer and should get a piece of any tribal casino – presuming of course that the state legalizes casinos and is determined to have one with a “tribal component”.
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You are too funny!
Well, that’s an interesting, though unsurprising casino connection.
BTW:
That said, they’ve been waiting longer and should get a piece of any tribal casino – presuming of course that the state legalizes casinos and is determined to have one with a “tribal component”.
This comment reminds me of how I’ve heard people say something like, “It’s only fair that the Indian’s get a casino after all they’ve gone through.”
Instead, how about… “No one should have a casino in Massachusetts. Casino are bad for local economies, cause crime and addiction, hurt the environment, require major costly infrastructure improvements and regulatory agencies, and fail on their promises to produce many good, well-paying jobs. There is nothing ‘fair’ about that for any of the people of the Commonwealth.”
GK – note that I didn’t say they should get a casino – only that they should get one if the state legalizes casinos and is determined to have one with a “tribal component”. I think the idea of legalizing casinos is foolish and so is the idea of giving casinos to people with no demonstrated ability to manage such a project simply because they are of indian descent.
I’ve got several hundred posts detailing my opposition to casinos – largely due to their failure to pass a cost benefit analysis.