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In the course of human events it becomes inevitable to stand up and take action. Some actions require
the dissemination of information to inform and educate the masses.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is at a crossroads. First there was tha Mashpee Wampanoag Middleborough
Resort Casino that has failed under a February US Supreme Court ruling. Our Governor Deval Patrick set out last year to bring 3 commercial resort casinos. That crashed and burned
under senior legislative weight. Now gambling bills arise again. Casinos, racinos and/or slot parlors. The
battle is continual. I hope to display and comment upon effectively quotations from various individuals their convictions
and attitudes on this pressing subject. May it educate, inform and entertain you thoroughly.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Breaking The Glass Ceiling And It Hurts
"There's a big societal shift. Women didn't used to do this. Women are catching up to men." -
Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling.
Gender equality. It used to be be such an idealistic goal, but obviously catching up with men
in regards to gambling addiction should not be one of them. Reading the story of these women is sad. The title,
More Women Gambling, Losing, tells it all. They are losing their money, their homes, their families and even their very selves. Predatory gambling needs to stop. Not just for women, but for men as well. Let's not make it any easier. Stop a casino, save your community.
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COMMENTS
Anonymous said:
What sad stories especially right before Thanksgiving! Your reminder of the dangers of Predatory Gambling,
meaning slot machines, is appreciated. The court is allowing a 65 year old bookkeeper to repay $151,089 in 5 years
or she'll go to prison? It sounds like the judge would have felt guilty sending her to prison because of her age. What
a sad retirement. I have a friend who rewarded Foxwoods with the equity in her home and after being independent
all of her life is now in subsidized housing, penniless and with no car. All of her trips to Foxwoods
were made through her local Council on Aging that seemed to consider gambling as innocent entertainment.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Casino Kool Aid Hang Over
"So absent somebody else paying for it, it's a loser." - Middleborough
Chairman of Selectmen Adam Bond
This is what happens when you ram a casino proposal down the town's throat when you don't do a real cost analysis of a project this big.
What were you thinking when you were putting this IGA deal together? Where was that CRACker Jack committee?
My friend Bumpkin has been saying this that the $7 million was going to be widdled down to nothing and beyond once you figure out how much it really is going to
cost. What will these promoters of the casino in Middleborough do to fix the mess they made? This is only EMS.
What about the schools, the police, water usage? There is more scutiny of a Dunkin Donuts coming to town than what they
have done with the casino. They deserve the casino Kool Aid hang over. Good luck renegotiating the compact
with the Mashpee.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Where Are The Mashpee? - Part III
Another "no show" for the Mashpee Tribe or their mouth pieces at The Liberty Square Group. They were invited, but declined to attend.
The moderator noted it could have been a bad PR move when asked. My friend Bellicose Bumpkin has audio of most of the forum. It is a worthy listen. This made them a hot topic with no chance of defending their position.
They were the big losers of this forum. Some are surprised at their no show. Given their track record in Middleborough,
it should not be. They drive the bus (not the Peter Pan bus that brought all the IBEW workers from other parts of the
state to be at the forum) on what gets done, how it gets done and where it gets done, when it involves there casino
plans.
"But if someone could tell me another way to bring 1,000 jobs into this town, I'd like to hear
it." - Christian Bale, former general manager of the now shuttered Revere Copper plant that once employed 1,200
Okay, here is an answer for those who whine that we should have jobs at any cost. Biotech!
The state has authorized $1 billion to secure biotech jobs. How is New Bedford and its state legislative delegation
working to bring some of that down? Greentech! Another big push by the Patrick administration for the state.
Same question, what are the state, city and town governments doing to market to them? Will you get 1,000 jobs just like
that? No. All the old manufacturing and fishing industry jobs didn't just disappear all at once. Don't expect
all those jobs to replaced all at once.
The whole argument from the unions and noted by Aquinnah tribal council member, Naomi Carney, that
a casino is just like "Disney World" in regards to jobs, entertainment, impacts and increased crime is just ridiculous.
They have pick pockets at Disney World, you know. Here are the differences.
Disney World does not discount or offer free drinks, food or lodging to keep you there, casinos do.
Disney World has 10s of thousands of acres of undeveloped land surrounding the parks as a buffer
to surrounding communities. Any casino anywhere in MA will not and could not have such a luxury.
Disney World participants do not become addicted to riding Space Mountain and have to join RA (Roller
coaster's Anonymous). Participants at casinos do have thriving GA organizations, some even within the casinos themselves.
No one embezzles from their company to go on repeated trips to Disney World. They do to
go to casinos.
How many families have broken to pieces because they went to Disney World? I'm sure would could
find one. But, there are too many to count of those who destroyed everything good they had because of gambling
problems.
Disney World is family entertainment. Casinos are adult entertainment. Let's legalize
prostitution and build the world's largest billion dollar brothel.
There could be one odd similarity that you can find at Disney World and at a casino for varying
reasons. A lot of pairs of these:
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COMMENTS
Anonymous said:
I hate to point out your omissions, but Disney is NOT open 24 hours a
day! (I remembered it after posting and knew someone would note it, thanks. Corrections
are welcome - CP)
And a previous poster commented on kids running around at 2 AM unattended because their parents were
so addicted to Slot Machines, they couldn't stop to fulfill their responsibilities as parents. How
can you neglect your children? I have never seen children wandering around Disney unless they were lost -- and they
don't stay lost for
long! I'm not familiar with all of the casinos and the related issues, but I seem to remember
that there were children being left in vehicles in parking lots while parents
gambled. Wasn't that what made the casinos offer day care?
I could not believe that Ms. Carney compared casinos to Disney World. LOL! Thanks for
the reminder why Disney World is not anything like a casino even though there are pick pockets there. At least the
pick pockets at Disney are real people, not machines designed to to play faster and longer until your broke.....I do suddenly
have the urge to ride space mountain though...uh-oh, better call RA.
now where are my mouse ears.......
Great Blog!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Gambling On The Brain
“They think I’m a safe bet probably. They know I have no political
ambitions.” - State Rep. David Flynn pontificating AGAIN how he would make a great temporary replacement should Sal DiMasi resign. (Emphasis mine)
I know it isn't hard for Rep. Slots to find other state reps who would love to BET on him. Words do matter. They do have meaning. I don't find it odd that he uses the word "bet".
"No political ambitions?" Gambling ambitions, yes. But, gambling is a political ambition in this state that
so many, including the Boston Herald editorial staff, long for. New Hampshire starts talking about it and it is "All hands on deck" time to tap into those gamblers so the state can collect more revenue to misspend as
it sees fit. Tax the poor to fill state coffers. What a stupid idea. It is just out of their reach and NH
is "talking about it." Unless there is hard core evidence of ethical lapses, DiMasi is standing pat.
PS. There is talk of "term limits" for House Speakerships. Boy, they really don't want DiMasi, do they. They had no problem with him until he shot down all these casino/slot
plans. How about term limits for all of them? There is a novel idea. Now Rep. Slots can really
retire as he has said he was going to do for years. Now its official at 2011. 
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COMMENTS:
Anonymous said:
I keep loving Rep. Flynn's disclaimers. First, he wasn't going to run this time around. Then, with
the prospect of casinos and slots on the horizon, his arm was twisted! What greater legacy than to bequeath to the Commonwealth
slot machines and their long term disasterous legacy that will keep on giving long after he's gone? Let's just suck
every last dime from the poor!
Now, he'll only occupy the Speaker's Throne if DiMasi steps down, well, TEMPORARILY ! But he can
barely wait, lusting after that power!
If anyone should be investigated, maybe it should be Flynn
for his addiction to the industry.
Does Bridgewater have so few qualified candidates that this is the
best you can do?
Monday, November 17, 2008
Got a light?
"If we are here next year to revisit the smoking ban and I have fallen victim to lung cancer, will each of you look my family in the eyes?" "Tell them how brave I was to fight secondhand
smoke every day to save the economy of New Jersey. A ballpark or street could be dedicated in my honor, and my family can be bestowed a plaque."
- Arthur Kaler, a 25-year dealer at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino to the Atlantic City city council
It appears that you can light them up again at the AC casinos. I suppose collecting gambling revenues and casino profits are more important than some poor card dealer's health.
Such a loving and compassionate industry gambling and government are?
Revenues being down due to either a bad economy, but obviously they all see the connection of
smoking and gambling. They are both addictions. They are addictive cousins.
Addiction is not something that just happens. There are reasons behind addictive behavior. One main
reason addictions start is because initially, the result of engaging in the behavior is pleasurable. Certain pathways in the
brain are stimulated, which produce chemicals that are rewarding to the person, and thereby the behavior is reinforced. The
addictive behavior, at least early on, is also often done socially, and serves as a common bond between people and increases
feelings of acceptance in the group. Another powerful motive for engaging in addictive behavior is that it serves as an escape
from painful feelings and situations. Then there is force of habit, which is a tendency to repeat behaviors that are known
and familiar, as a source of comfort. The addiction becomes like an old friend, albeit a destructive one, and one that eventually
isolates you from people and opportunities that are life-affirming.
So now, they halt the ban so that they can try and get revenues back up. They lost
gambling addicts supplying the revenue. They want them back to the harm of others.
This Just In! Its A Done Deal!
As of 7:55 PM, November 17th, 2008 the Middleborough Board of Selectman (absent chairman Adam Bond)
signed the conservation restriction on the Gibb's property on Thompson St. in Middleborough. This hard fought restriction with much controversy takes the land out the hands of town officials to transfer to any developers (including the Mashpee Tribe and their
investors to expand a casino) and into the hands of the people of Middleborough for community preservation. Only an
act of the state legislature can the conservation restriction be removed. Now the land can be used only for agricultural,
foresty and restricted recreational uses (horse back riding, hiking, biking & picnics). Its a done deal!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Dog Eat Dog
“Twin River will not allow its business and reputation, much less Rhode Island’s third-largest
source of revenue, to be destroyed by libelous statements. We intend to hold you legally accountable … We demand immediate
removal of the release from the university’s Web site, an unequivocal retraction and an apology.” - Twin River
vice president and general counsel Craig Eaton in a letter to Clyde Barrow
It is interesting to watch these two go at it. In one corner you have resident "casino expert"
Clyde Barrow claiming that Twin Rivers doesn't payout enough winnings and in the other is RI officials and executives at Twin Rivers threatening to sue because they feel Barrow can't get
his numbers straight, but that is not a far flung accusation. Barrow's website took down his claims sighting it not having a "long shelf life" and was unrelated to the written threat. Eaton and
others defending TR payout say they use creative accounting... I mean different methods of calculating the win/lose ratios
than the rest of the industry.
Frankly, I don't trust either to be accurate. Barrow is still counting cars for his numbers
and Twin Rivers is on the verge of rolling over and playing dead, if it can't get a cut in the state of RI's take of the revenues
(50%). Keep it up boys. Michael Vick likes a good dog fight.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Slots = Casino, If...
"Slots at the tracks would unequivocally open the door to Class III gaming by the Mashpee Wampanoags,
once reservation land (in Middleboro) is taken into trust by the Department of the Interior." - Clyde W.
Barrow, director of the UMass Dartmouth Center for Policy Analysis
... The Mashpee Tribe gets land into trust, which is taking longer than they anticipated and becoming
even more doubtful to become a reality.
You know, Clyde ought to just stick with explaining the process of casinos instead of cheerleading
for casinos with his car counting research. His intuitive abilities are lacking as well. As quoted from this Standard Times article, how is it that he knows the following?
"I suspect that slots-at-the-tracks legislation will appear more attractive to legislators as
the economic downturn and state revenue reports continue to worsen in Massachusetts."
"However, state legislators were more interested in expanded gaming for its potential to generate
state revenues, which makes them more amenable to slots at the tracks."
Legalized gambling in any form other than the lottery has yet to ever pass. And, if all these
solons are seeing is state revenues (taken mostly from those who could least afford to lose it), then we can only expect a
bureaucratic mess and hack-o-rama with more mispent funds than ever. Setting up regulatory,
inspectional, and enforcement institutions is the only job creating that the state really could do, increasing the size
of government and sucking up the tax revenue used to run it.
Marc "but for"* Pacheco, Rep. Slots senatorial counterpart, thinks somehow
enough people are in favor of gambling in Mass.
"If there was an up-or-down vote on just the gaming issue, I think the people would overwhelmingly
support it."
But for there is hardly anyone who wants a casino in their community. Creating slot parlors
in former dog tracks is not proven to be something the people want.
* The term "but for" is a common phrase used by Senator Pacheco when explaining any position he may
have as if there is a contrary point that could be made. It is just amusing for him to hear him say it so often.
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COMMENTS:
Anonymous said:
The passage of Question 2 seems to have stricken Rep. Slots somewhat early.
Rep. Slots David L. Flynn announced almost immediately that he will file legislation,
as he has annually, allowing 2,500 slots at each track as a way of blunting the "economic
disaster"
If the Mega Middleboro Casino was going to have 5,000 slots, each
track will be half a Mega Casino.
Rep. Slots might look to California with a
Republican Governor to see the steps that have been and are being taken -- like cutting the budget, laying off state
employees, furloughing employees, and, take a deep breath, raising taxes! Doesn't California have casino gambling? Does
it mean anything that a state with casinos takes drastic action
to balance its budget?
Anonymous said:
Senator But For said "I think we need to revisit other options
for these gaming facilities,"....Why? Because it's a campaign contributor and long-time
friend?
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Rep. Slots For Top Dog
“There are clouds over everyone who is a candidate. I got the impression that they
think there is a pall over all of them, and whoever side they are on they’re reluctant to cast a vote.” - MA
State Representative David Flynn
Some ask, why all of a sudden Rep. Slots is getting all this press and why five anonymous reps would want him to replace Sal DiMasi as Speaker of the House? DiMasi say, "I'm not leaving." The answer is obvious to me and odds are 10:1 that all five have casinos or slots on their minds. DiMasi is in
their way and Flynn is... all in. Rep. Slots was noted from this past article:
Flynn said he plans to begin lobbying at the Statehouse today (11/5)and plans to submit slot legislation for the next House
session.
Although DiMasi & Slots are golfing buddies, politics is local and a contact sport. What
better way than to sit in for DiMasi to get his slots agenda through?
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COMMENTS:
Anonymous said:
I never read or buy the Herald, so your link is appreciated.
Voters say no to dog racing and race track gambling and that simulcasting whatever it is, which is the closest thing we've
been allowed to express our disdain for gambling, but Rep. Slots (btw, good
nickname) sets the stage to vote for slots? This shouldn't be something that Rep. Slots and
Senator DogTrack impose on us.
I, for one, say close the tracks and say goodbye. The voters have spoken.
Anonymous, Thanks for the comments. I can't take credit for the Rep. Slots nickname.
Gladys Kravitz, Middleborough's Nosy Neighbor first blogged the name. Her creativity and motivation is highly admired.
Friday, November 7, 2008
"Call to Post" for Slots
"Every day we don't have slots there, the Commonwealth is losing $1 million, along with licensing
fees." - Representative David L. Flynn, a Bridgewater Democrat
The state is losing out. Oh my gosh! We have to collect more revenues for the state or
we are doooooomed! The state does not need more money. They waste too much already.
He called on the governor to back slots, which could generate $500 million a year in licensing fees
and gambling taxes.
I'd like to see how "Chicken Little" uses his abacus to get all his numbers that are quoted in this Globe story. They don't seem to make sense.
Let's just modify his quote so it makes perfect sense.
"Every day we don't have slots here, the people of the Commonwealth are keeping
$1 billion, along with their mortgage payments, groceries, home heating oil, their marriages and their children's college
education."
You see Dave, every nickel that goes into a slot machine is taken away from some other business, charity
or person who actually benefits from it being saved (isn't that a novel idea during a sour economy) or spent to get something
useful. Does his numbers include lost sales tax from the retail store that could have sold a new television? Slot
machines produce what? Nothing but, LOSERS! "Pass me another roll of loan payments, will you dear." Turning
the dog tracks into slot parlors will not solve anyone's financial crisis, except the gambling establishment's owners.
Okay, some soon to be out of work dog pooh sweeper will be cleaning up urine off of some of the slot stools instead, but I
suppose that is a career advancement in the eyes of Rep. Slots.
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COMMENTS:
Anonymous #1 said:
We voted against greyhound racing not because of any animal cruelty
issue,
but because we oppose racing, gambling, betting and the lottery. This is the first opportunity we have had as residents
of this state to speak our minds on gambling. Any elected official who defends gambling is morally bankrupt and fiscally
irresponsible.
If the Supreme Court hands down a verdict in favor of Carcieri in the
spring, the casino in
CT are toast.
And shame on the Boston Globe for making this an emotional issue.
Do they do the same for other
workers who loose their jobs?
And to Mr. Arthur Rocha, 80, who said at Raynham "This is a great place for old-timers,"
is that the best you can do? Have you ever thought of volunteering to teach a child to read, mentor in school, help someone
less fortunate than you, attend a class, volunteer at your local library, participate in a reading group, or an endless list
of other things that would leave the world a better place for it?
In our opinion, gambling is a superficial
form of entertainment that leaves those who can least afford it poorer for it and we refuse to have our tax dollars bail them
out.
This isn't about the state's money. This is about investors' money.
It's time a credible candidate opposed
Rep. Slots. Is anyone out
there?
Anonymous #2 said:
Every summer I get together with my sisters for
a weekend away from kids and husbands. Since Foxwoods is centrally located for us, we spent a weekend there catching up and
enjoying our relationship.
We talked into the night and discovered that there are CHILDREN
wandering around,
unsupervised waiting for their parents at 2 AM and 3 AM. When a parent or parents can abandon their small children like
that, it is an illness. It is gambling addiction successfully created by slot machines. There are government costs to that
type of sickness that Rep. Flynn ignores. That the Boston Globe endorses and promotes slots denies that illness. We
know whose side they're on. It's not ours.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Forget The Dogs, Slots R Us
“The administration is not currently focused on slots at the tracks or casinos.” -
Kyle Sullivan, spokesman for Gov. Deval L. Patrick
Representative Slots is determined to "save" the jobs. At least the Patrick administration knows a losing battle when he sees one. He has been there before.
And of course now Slots can't do it with the puppies around. It was never about the dogs with Flynn. Even
before Question 3 passed, slot machines at the tracks would have devoured the revenues bet on the dogs, killing the industry
he says wanted to protect. He just won't listen to "NO" from anyone. He wants slots and he wanted them last century.
I would like to know what his real gambling interests are.
On that note, backers of casinos in Ohio won't take "no" for an answer either. At what point does spending so much to promote a measure until it no longer becomes cost effective?
They spent $20 million to try and get it passed and failed. The cash cow of prospective new suckers is I guess too enticing.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
NO NO!!
“There were just a lot of people who were both against gambling in general but also some who
just saw this as having too many loopholes and putting one casino in one part of the state as simply the wrong way to do it.”
- Bob Tenenbaum, spokesman for the No on 6 Committee
“I really think Maine people made up their minds about casinos five years ago and Las Vegas just
didn’t get the memo.” - Dennis Bailey of CasinosNo.org
Dog Track Going The Way Of The Eight Track
“Don’t count me out for continuing the fight and don’t count the Carneys out.” - State
Rep. David L. Flynn, D-Bridgewater
The voters have spoken and convincingly approved a ban on greyhound racing to commence January 1, 2010. Too bad for the workers. Some
may be able to go to Lincoln RI and work there or to work with the ponies up north (until Horse2K starts up). Others
will have to look elsewhere. If it were not for the gambling aspect of dog racing, I really wouldn't have cared.
Maybe making them more like NASCAR and advertise on their numbers would helped. Just a thought, not that it would have
worked or not. It is too late now for ideas, good or bad.
I knew of some owners in Berkley who treated their dogs very well. Not to say some would abuse
their animals and should they be severely punished, but my experience was one of humanely treated animals. Animal abuse
is more of a character flaw of the abuser and not necessarily the character of the industry. I didn't believe the rampant
abuse hype.
Flynn wants to save the complex with slot machines. Slots are "self-feeding" and need
little maintenancewith big profis, unlike the puppies. Carney says he ain't going to bother. Why beat a dead horse?
Flynn wants to fight. I wonder if Flynn still plays his eight track player, too?
Monday, November 3, 2008
Race Track or Jury Duty? Race Track or Jury Duty?
4:29 pm est
Hide & Sneak
"You can't hide a drug or alcohol problem quite as long as you can hide a gambling problem."
- Marvin Steinberg, executive director of the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling
More tales from the casino cript. Some other interesting notes from this piece in the New Haven Register are quite revealing. 6% of CT population has a gambling problem. That by 2007 population estimates is more
than 210,000 people. Thank you Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun. Imagine if MA had a few casinos laying around.
That would be almost 387,000 problem gamblers. Wouldn't that be something to look forward? Everyone gets all worked
up by a few EEE cases and shrug their shoulders at a possible gambling addiction epidemic. What's up with that?
Gambling addiction does not just impact the infected. Add into the equation of family members
and victims of various gambling addiction induced crimes and you might as well have 25% of the state adversely affected by
gambling and the problems it brings.
"I know of cases of embezzlement, murder — even of people who have sold their children to pay off
gambling debts."
Casino gambling is not a non-contact sport.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Cannibal Economics
 A study by the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research at the University of Maryland,
Baltimore County says that, in order to reach the revenue levels the O'Malley administration hopes for, we will need every
Marylander now traveling for slots to stay close to home.
"To collect gross revenues at the high end of the estimates,"
the study found, "Maryland would need to capture all revenues currently spent by Marylanders at [slots] sites outside the
state, as well as generate dollars from new gambling (current players spending more and new players) at a rate nearly 150
percent above current levels."
The study also sees slot machine gambling hurting other revenue sources for the state.
"These
impacts include declines in lottery sales and a reduction in sales taxes," the report says. "These transferred revenues are
not likely to be offset by increases in the sales tax on new sales of food and drink from establishments near [slots] sites.
There could also be significant social costs, particularly from increased costs of addiction treatment and increases in debt."
Maryland on November 4th will vote as to whether to allow slots in the state. The previous
quote is from this editorial from the Baltimore Sun and quotes this 2003 University of Mayland study. This is something we all in the anti-casino movement have been saying for quite some time. Casinos and slots
only devour each other and all they attract. Cannibal economics is what it is. Let's take the a portion of the
above quoted study and replace the state of Maryland with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
"To collect gross revenues at the high end of the estimates, Massachusetts would need to capture
all revenues currently spent by Bay Staters at [slots] sites outside the state, as well as generate dollars from new gambling
(current players spending more and new players) at a rate nearly 150 percent above current levels."
How would the often referenced and locally hailed "casino expert", Clyde Barrows, explain how after
counting cars in parking lots that any casinos or even slot machines are not only going to retain 100% of players lost and
gain more to boot? Gambling isn't just in Vegas anymore and is reaching a saturation point. Good luck making good
on all the promised revenues, but all the impacts will stay.
Slots and casinos will eat into Lottery takes. An interesting quote from the Boston Globe today how the Indian Tribes in Maine are ticked off at the possiblity of have commercial casinos and not Indian ones makes the
point.
"You cannot tell me that Powerball is not gaming. If you go into a little store and see
all the scratch tickets people buy, they're basically slot machines on paper. Gambling is gambling." - Dana
is a former Penobscot chief
Cannibals, get your forks out. It's dinner time.
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COMMENTS:
Anonymous said:
I don't buy scratch tickets because they're too expensive and have too little payback, but those
slots .... They're simply magic!
You pump a cup of coins in and win a few bucks! The lights flash! Bells rings! What a rush! The coins
flood out! And I just know that I'll beat the odds!
Fortunately, I know myself. I know the rush. And I'm just too damn cheap to pump those machines.
They're so wonderfully designed to suck one in to continue to feed for that jackpot I just know I'll win........
I've saved my money and I know that if a casino is EVER constructed in Middleboro, I can't and won't
go there.
I know that if slots are EVER legalized in the dog track, I can't and won't go there regardless of
the Question 3 vote.
We drove through Taunton this evening and were distressed by the vacant stores. Drive through
any town. Notice the vacant buildings,
the family owned business that existed for generations that are gone.
We're in for some hard times.
There's no money for feeding slots. I have to heat my home to keep my kids warm. Yes, I've insulated
and reduced my consumption, but we still have to buy oil. And we still have to buy food that is escalating in price.
Do I feed the slots and starve my kids?
There is no money for eating out or even buying that morning coffee. It's not there. Slots?
I know myself. It's just not in the cards when my kids are hungry!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Job Training a Must
“If you are a dealer in a casino, where are you going to go? It’s a very specialized skill. It’s
not transferable to other work environments.” - Pamela W. Aubin, superintendent of the Norwich Public Schools
"Specialized skill?" You can say that again. It is so specialized and on the bottom of
any job recruiter's list of skills (unless you are looking for another casino job, which recruiters do not find jobs for)
that job training is a must, if that is all you can do you are in trouble. This New York Times article makes it sound like the situation in Norwich is almost insurmountable. I suppose if you base your economy on
the lowest rung of the economic ladder (casino gambling), then the situation is really bad. 1 in 4 adults of school
aged children work at the casino. I wonder if they have specialized classes at the Norwich schools for students graduating
to become card dealers. I wouldn't be surprised. Slots for tots was the Mass Teacher's Association's call here not long ago. If Middleborough were to become dependent on
the casino for their economic salvation, it will also become it's economic ruin.
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COMMENTS:
Anonymous said:
So's, I'm a thinkin' about my youngi'ns and I'ms a thinkin' they's be good at dealin' dem cards and
coutin' dem chips. They's pretty good at flippin' da cow flops. Good trade. Steady pay. Good future.
I heared somtin' 'bout da buzness in Road Island. Couldna' pay da bills.
Gotta be betta than the cow flops, ya think? Whadda ya know?
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