Gimme a break
From the “You’ve got to be kidding me” department:
And from the “You’ve REALLY got to be kidding me” department:
The irony of this requires no further comment given the Mashpee Wampanoag’s plans to build a massive casino bingo hall in Middleboro that is being crammed down the throats of an unwilling populace with no public discussion or hearings(until the BIA one).
And as an aside – did you notice the misspelling of Scotty’s name in the second article?
From the “You’ve got to be kidding me” department:
Themocracy
This article should prove to people that Mashpees are from Mashpee. They are not from Middleboro. I doubt they would care if there was a Middleboro wind project on the table now would they? Cdp Lakeville would be all over it. This tribe is such a gas. Didn’t Glen Marshall say that some of his people are still living on “frogs and weeds”? Are there not any frogs or weeds in Middleboro? They’re really going to kill the food supply with this casino. By the way, the frogs and weeds thing was borrowed from Skip Hayward. I think he’s Glen’s hero.
Whaaaaa…????
I suppose it matters not to the ‘People of the First Light’ that they are stealing the first light, and the dark, and the night sky and it’s stars and constellations from the people of Middleboro, surrounding towns and the other Tribes which make claim to the land.
And as far as the windmills detracting from their ancestral view – I’m not to happy about an 18 foot constantly glowing tower shining, in perpetuity, into the cemetary where generations of my family are buried.
Nor do the new ‘people of the never-ending artificial fluorescence’ seem particularly put out by what their tower will do to the quality of life to the living who make their homes around it.
Nor what it will do to OUR environment.
Windmills spinmills…
Boo. Hiss. Go cry me a river.
A Twin River…
I believe Gladys meant to say 18 floor tower.
This sounds like NIMBY to me. And Middleboro is not in the Mashpees’ backyard. If they want a casino have them build it in Mashpee.
The size of the tower will be defined by what the market will support.
After the land is put into trust, does anyone seriously think that something will prevent the tribe from building whatever they want?
The Tribe wants a casino in Middleboro because they don’t want to muck up their ancestral land in Mashpee. As far as I am concerned, their attitude is “we don’t s**t where we eat – we’ll go and s**t in Middleboro”.
Oh the hypocricy! I guess its a good thing for us that their appliation will be denied. No casino and certainly no bingo hall either.
Good gracious, Scott! Thank you for pointing out my error. I wouldn’t want it to cause another 400+ comment hyena-fest on the Topix message board.
Gladys
This story is a knee-slapper after the last 2 weeks that Mashpees have had.
Their investors having financial difficulties, bordering on bankruptcty with defaulted payments.
Scandals aplenty.
Wasn’t Scotty supposed to handle PR? Heckuva job he’s done, I might add! Just can’t keep the boys outta trouble!
And now this joke?
Which members of the tribal council exactly opposed Cape Wind? Makes one wonder. Is it the ones still living on frogs and weeds?
Weren’t the public comments something like 90% in favor of Cape Wind?
Since both tribes are claiming ‘ancestral waters,’ doesn’t it make sense to construct a joint floating casino on those ‘ancestral waters’?
tammy
I’m all over it with a blog near you soon. They won’t be making any cash on Cape Wind, why support it? So what if the Navajo will with their wind farm. http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeyh48o/carlscasinoquotesampcommentary/2008.04.01_arch.html#1207237382816
This whole scenerio does not suprise me.