$189,000 Better Spent

The long awaited Spectrum Report is finally available. As predicted, it overstates job creation that was previously discredited and understates impacts in the Executive Summary. Because of the report's length, some time will be required to digest the additional details, but the summary itself seems to render the details worthless.

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Governor, $189,000 could have been better spent.

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The report also misstates the inevitability of the Mashpee Wampanoag Bingo Hall in Middleboro.

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Those who have followed the legal intricacies are aware that Carcieri v Kempthorne will be heard this fall and will likely render this a non-issue.

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And fellow bloggers have raised other pertinent issues, like those new little pesky BIA regulations that prohibit casinos more than 25 miles from the initial reservation because it's called Casino Shopping (a practice employed by wealthy casino investors to construct a profitable casino in an area in which the Tribe has no historical ties) or the minor little detail that the Mashpee Wamponoag have no historical ties to Middleboro, nor did they claim as much in the application for recognition. And that's before we even mention that casino gambling is NOT legal in the Commonwealth and was recently defeated. The list of obstacles is impressive: 1. The Tribe doesn't own the land. Is it because the investors don't trust the Tribe? 2. That silly environmental review? 3. The casino investors may file bankruptcy in Rhode Island where they own Twin Rivers. How does that work? 4. And my friend, Gladys gave you some more The Top Ten Wheew! Just too much to include for $189,000!

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Then there are those silly controversies about nasty little criminal charges, spousal abuse, steroid abuse, Contempt of Congress, that Stolen Valor thing, the legal challenges by those SHUNNED members about the missing $10 million, Tribal finances and other gossipy issues that must make the wealthy investors gasp.

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The failure of the Middleboro Board of Selectmen or CRAC (Casino Resort Advisory Committee), even at this late date, to retain experts to present accurate cost projections of the potential impacts to the Town speaks for itself. So Middleboro doesn't even have any REAL numbers to throw into the discussion. What are they waiting for? To demand recompense in a state compact for figures they're too lazy to prepare in more than a year?

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Middleboro's sham of an Agreement that locks Middleboro into $7 million IF the Mega Casino ever opens its doors, over repeated threats about the INEVITABILITY, is loosing value as we speak. The flaws of the Agreement, negotiated by our CRAC Selectman Adam Bond, as Chairman Wayne Perkins continued to nod his head, praise the venture and proclaim that towns in Connecticut with casinos don't pay taxes, have been addressed by others.

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Hhhmm! Towns in Connecticut with casinos don't pay taxes? Sounds like a great epitaph, Wayne!

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For Spectrum to lump the phony proclamations of INEVITABILITY of a Tribal Casino into the Commercial Casino discussion/report is to deliberately mislead.

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Hopefully, the media will get their facts correct this time!

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The Middleboro Casino is NOT inevitable. The Middleboro Casino is UNLIKELY.

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And get those calculators out and run some numbers to calculate what the additional state employees will cost, and maybe run some of the education costs.

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And while you're at it, take a look at the current fiscal problems of states that have casino gambling. When the un-involved tell us that for every $2 that casino gambling contributes to state coffers cost $3, maybe they're right.
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These are some of the comments of fellow bloggers:
From Media Nation:
Casino study fails laugh test
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From Ryan Adams:
My Nickname for the Spectrum Casino Report:
The BS Report

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From Truth to Power
Monson (or your town)
Spectrum Gaming Consulting Report Released
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From Bellicose Bumpkin:
First look at the Spectrum Gaming Report

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From Gladys Kravitz:

Rhymes with Spectrum

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From Carver Chick:

Amicus Briefly