Tag Archives: Clyde Barrow

The Prof on the Payroll

Posted on October 20, 2009 by admin

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 … 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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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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