The most recent attacks against casino opponents seem carefully intended to distract from the failure of flag waving supporters to do their homework and present legitimate facts/information.
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What more effective strategy to divert attention from your failures than to focus attacks on your opponents?
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For those who might be out of the information loop, the following sums up the fairy tales rather well:
Internet abusers target Internet abuse
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After a rather impertinent letter to the editor was published in the Boston Globe, authored by Selectman Adam Bond, demanding obedience from our legislative delegation and a rather embarrassing display by him condemning Rep. Tom Calter for his opposition, Rep. Calter spoke before CFO and the Board of Selectmen (reported below in the Enterprise in February 2008).
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Calter tells Middleboro officials casino contract flawed
The state representative tells selectmen the casino agreement underestimated the effects on town services.
The state representative tells selectmen the casino agreement underestimated the effects on town services.
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Calter said the contract also does not include a labor agreement with unions and does not address the issue of jobs and their quality.
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Board Vice Chairman Adam Bond, an attorney who helped negotiate the contract, told Calter, “There’s a risk in any agreement,”
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Sure, Mr. Bond! Let's dismiss a flawed Agreement you helped negotiate and your continued failure to retain those EXPERTS who would actually project the Town's costs.
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The convicted rapist and serial liar Glenn Marshall promised great things: union jobs, businesses would be compensated, homeowners who lost value would be compensated and blue skies.
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In a conversation with Senator Pacheco, the issue was raised that the union jobs ARE NOT included in the Agreement. There are no benefits' guarantees. And yet the union followers blindly support the Agreement without questioning.
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If the Commonwealth funds the infrastructure improvements, Prevailing Wage laws will PREVAIL.
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What if the casino investors fully fund and contract the same projects? Can they legally hire whomever?
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Rep. Calter raised the issue of the need for supporters to hire experts to do projections about the numbers, most specifically SCHOOL POPULATION.
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Middleboro's School System is currently close to capacity, with a 5 year lead time required for state reimbursement.
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Should this mega-monster come our way, what will the impacts be? If each child currently costs ~ $10,000 per year to educate, how many additional children will the mega-monster add to the town's schools?
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While Mr. Bond presented a slap-dash NO IMPACT presentation of flawed figures, isn't it time to re-visit this issue?
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Isn't it time to be honest about MITIGATION?
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Each time the issue of the cost of educating non-English speaking children is raised, cries of racism are heard.
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A non-English speaking child costs twice as much to educate.
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Shouldn't we plan?
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A sudden influx of those speaking other languages needs to be discussed and planned for. Public safety issues should be paramount.
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Your house is on fire and you don't speak English. You do what?
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Medical crisis, car accident, sudden serious injury, you don't speak English, you do what?
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Accusations of racism continue to cloud the discussion of substantive issues.
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It's time to behave like adults and expect the casino supporters to do their homework.
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Sure looks like you put Hal on the defensive again with yet another "I'm not caling them rasists but but but.....'
Mr. Bond has forgotten that we, as a town, have town to run and not participate in his personal vendettas. Mr. Bond, do your job.
Hope you saw Dan Kenedy's comments. Great coverage.
We're with you and always have been.
Clark, CT went from 2 ESL teachers to 100 ESL teachers after the casino. Big bucks.
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