Isn’t this nice. In today’s Herald, Jay Fitzgerald updates us on Clyde Barrow’s newest extracurricular activity: The high-profile UMass prof, who’s virtually the sole source of all those rosy projections about the windfall casino gambling would bring to Massachusetts, is back on the casino industry’s payroll.
Back in 1995, Barrow worked for the Aquinnah of Gay [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Casinos'
Another Savior Sunk
March 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Politics
Here’s a quick update for the Barrowites out there who are still counting on gambling to pull Massachusetts out of this fiscal death spiral we’re all enjoying.
Today’s Journal has a story about a bloody cage brawl that’s erupting between one of the world’s biggest casino operators, MGM Mirage, and the formerly-wealthy emirate of Dubai. The pair [...]
Tags:Casinos·Deval Patrick·The Walking Dead·Tim Cahill·Wall Street Journal
Dead Zombie Casino Horse Makes a Comeback
March 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Politics
A year later, and nothing much has changed at all. Tim Cahill is pimping slots, the Commonwealth is broke, and Clyde Barrow is getting tons of free press for saying that, even though nobody has a job anymore, Bay Staters still loooooove to gamble in Connecticut, since their own government is run by a cruel [...]
Foxwoods Scares Braude
February 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Media, Politics
I checked out MassINC’s Starting Line 09 forum this morning, starring Craig Sandler, Scot Lehigh, Hillary Chabot, and Jim Braude. And here’s what happened.
There was talk of policy and personality politics (Deval Patrick still needs help dealing with reporters, Bob DeLeo likes hamburgers and term limits and doesn’t seem as evil as Tom Finneran), and [...]
Tags:Boston Globe·Casinos·Herald·Sal DiMasi·State House News
Here’s How This Thing Works
October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Beer, Politics
Just ran to the liquor store to pick up some patriotic beer for tonight’s big airing of thoughts on politics on television. While I was there, I got some free advice on how to win money for nothing.
“When you hit the slot machine in Foxwoods, after you win one, three times, you gotta leave. While [...]
Tags:Casinos·Overheard·Sarah Palin
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
June 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(Cross-posted from Boston Daily, ’cause the feds don’t care about stopping us)
This week, bizarre sexcapades yielded to the palace intrigue, paranoia, denunciations of the plebiscite, and scrambling to cram in work before vacation that normally dominates Beacon Hill. It was just as well. Journalists and political gossips had more than enough material to work with, [...]
Tags:Brad Jones·Casinos·Deval Patrick·Legislature·Sal DiMasi
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
April 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(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 now has to pull a week of harried all-nighters before it can knock off work for [...]
Tags:Boston Magazine·Brad Jones·Casinos·Deval Patrick·Legislature·Sal DiMasi
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
March 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(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 forth at all—Senate President Therese Murray is showing herself to be both smart enough to recognize [...]
Tags:Boston City Council·Boston Magazine·Casinos·Deval Patrick·Idle Speculation·Therese Murray
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
March 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(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 of the assemblage of reporters and rich people in nice suits.
And now, no sooner had [...]
Tags:Boston Magazine·Casinos·Cheryl Jacques·Deval Patrick·Dianne Wilkerson·Sal DiMasi
The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
March 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics
(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 of the house,” adding that he expects a roll call vote on his racino bill, while [...]
Tags:Boston City Council·Casinos·Dan Bosley·Deval Patrick·Sal DiMasi·Ten-dollar Words
