Duh? What do you think they're gonna do with it?
No taxes/fees paid in how long?
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Mashpee Wampanoag tribe buys 300 acres in Middleboro once targeted for casino
Land was once targeted for tribal casino
By George Brennan
Cape Cod Times
Cape Cod Times
Posted Apr. 25, 2016 at 8:26 PM
Updated Apr 25, 2016 at 8:59 PM
MIDDLEBORO — The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has taken ownership of more than 300 acres in Middleboro once targeted as the location for a tribal casino.
In two separate land transactions March 31, the tribe paid $5.1 million to DetroitMa LLC and TCAM LLC to take ownership of the land located off Route 44 and Precinct Street in Middleboro, according to records at the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds.
The land is valued at a little more than $1.2 million, according to Middleboro assessors’ records. Taxes on the property are up to date, according to the town treasurer’s department.
The tribe made a casino deal with the town in 2007, shortly after winning federal recognition. But those plans were scrapped after a leadership scandal forced then-Chairman Glenn Marshall to resign. Marshall later went to federal prison on embezzlement charges.
Len Wolman, one of the casino investors for the tribe back in 2007, is listed as a principal in both limited liability companies. The tribe reached a private agreement with Wolman and the tribe’s initial investor, Herb Strather, of Detroit, Michigan, in 2010 to sever ties.
"What we will do with the land in Middleboro is something that will have to be examined by tribal council," Mashpee Wampanoag Chairman Cedric Cromwell wrote in a statement.
Allin Frawley, a Middleboro selectman, said the town has not heard from the tribe.
“This is a complete surprise, but not out of character,” Frawley, an outspoken critic of the tribe, said Monday of the tribe’s purchase of the property. “Personally, I have some very real and grave concerns, considering the history of the tribe and their relationship with the town that they once called partners. The good faith they once promised and have demonstrated has been less than inspiring.”
In 2009, the tribe, under new leadership, abandoned its plans in Middleboro. The tribe first sought to build in Fall River before making a deal in Taunton that it broke ground on earlier this month.
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20160425/mashpee-wampanoag-tribe-buys-300-acres-in-middleboro-once-targeted-for-casino
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