Question of the Day
Question of the Day: Legalized Gambling
What are your thoughts on legalized gambling in Massachusetts?
We'll be asking Easton Patch readers a different question every weekday. Questions could range from local decisions made by officials, to state issues, to national politics and entertainment. Whatever it is, we want to know what EASTON thinks! Massachusetts lawmakers filed a gambling bill yesterday that would allow for three casinos and one separate slot parlor in the commonwealth, according to the Boston Herald and other media outlets. In a statement, House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Therese Murray said “We support this bill and believe that it provides a strongly regulated and commercially desirable framework for establishing a gaming industry in Massachusetts. Expanded gaming will create thousands of construction and …
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Janet Sroczynski
1:29 pm on Thursday, August 25, 2011
I'll play devil's advocate for all of you pro-casino supporters out there....1) What community has offered to host the Trash from these (4) proposed casinos, when landfils are full to capacity and being capped, on already strapped budgets; 2) What community(ies) have offered to supply fresh drinking water?....and sewage issues to deal with the volume of it. In Easton, we currently have good fresh… more ›