Tag Archives: Casinos

Filene’s: Call Their Bluff

Posted on January 10, 2012 by admin

My latest for the Globe looks at the recent noise emanating from City Hall about using a Suffolk Downs casino to pressure Vornado into filling its Filene’s pit. The problem with these threats coming from City Hall is, there’s no way … Continue reading →

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The Hill and the Hall Week in Review

Posted on April 18, 2008 by admin

(Cross-posted from the mighty mighty Boston Daily) It’s budget season on Beacon Hill again. And it’s apt that it should coincide, roughly, with the run-up to area colleges’ final exams. After a semester of lying around and drinking, the legislature … Continue reading →

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The Hill and the Hall Week in Review

Posted on March 28, 2008 by admin

(Cross-posted from Boston Daily) We may be watching the balance of power tip on Beacon Hill. While Gov. Deval Patrick and House Speaker Sal DiMasi go back and forth about casinos and taxes—and whether or not they’re going back and … Continue reading →

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The Hill and the Hall Week in Review

Posted on March 21, 2008 by admin

(Cross-posted from Boston Daily) Deval Patrick has got to hate St. Patrick’s week. This time a year ago, House Speaker Sal DiMasi appeared before the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and absolutely brutalized the governor – much to the delight … Continue reading →

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The Hill and the Hall Week in Review

Posted on March 14, 2008 by admin

(Cross-posted from Boston Daily) Word broke early this week that Governor Deval Patrick’s casino bill was dead. House Dean David Flynn told the Taunton Gazette, “The casino bill isn’t going anywhere. I find very little support for it from members … Continue reading →

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Dept. of Buried Ledes: What the Chamber Study Missed

Posted on March 7, 2008 by admin

Hell of a header on this Globe story today – “Casino Study Backs Patrick.” The lede’s even better: “Governor Deval Patrick’s promise of thousands of new jobs and billions of fresh dollars would come true if three state-licensed resort casinos … Continue reading →

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The Hill and the Hall Week in Review

Posted on March 7, 2008 by admin

(Cross-posted from Boston Daily) Hey, guess what, everybody? Governor Deval Patrick wants to build three casinos in Massachusetts. He’s been saying that they’ll bring 30,000 jobs in tow. Turns out, they won’t. Shocking, we know. But it’s this revelation that … Continue reading →

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The Hill and the Hall Week in Review

Posted on February 29, 2008 by admin

(Cross-posted from Boston Daily) The most talked-about man on Beacon Hill continued to be widely talked about this week, as news that Speaker Sal DiMasi has been playing golf with a decades-old friend while not playing golf with a guy … Continue reading →

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Outside Job

Posted on February 24, 2008 by admin

Deval Patrick’s administration has finally hired an outside firm to evaluate the basic assumptions behind its casino gambling proposal, four months after filing legislation to legalize casino gambling, five months after initially backing the legalization of Class III gambling, and … Continue reading →

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The Hill and the Hall Week in Review

Posted on February 22, 2008 by admin

(Cross-posted from Boston Daily) These are strange times for the state’s coastal legislators. First, in November, they were subjected to an energy bill sneak attack that, unbeknownst to them, opened up their coastlines to unfettered wind farm development. They balked, … Continue reading →

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