Is DiMasi being targeted?
A piece in the Globe has me wondering if gambling interests are out to get DiMasi.
We have unabashed slot booster David L. Flynn apparently bucking for the job of Speakeer:
If I recall, the Patrick administration tried to torpedo DiMasi just before the hearing on Patrick’s casino legislation – alleging that DiMasi used his influence to get a software contract awarded to a friend of his.
Whenever Flynn is involved in something, talk of slot machines is never far behind:
Given the history of efforts to bring gambling to Massachusetts and Middleboro, be very suspicious of seemingly unrelated events that lead you down the casino garden path.
Who’d have thought a little old land sale in Middleboro would bring a $1B community-altering, high-impact, tax-free business to town?
The whole thing stinks to me. What I see is gambling interests trying to take down one of the biggest gambling opponents. While odious, it would fit right in with the way gambling interests operate.
Bumpkin, this is EXACTLY what I thought when I read this article. If you spend enough time reading about gambling interests and studying casino case stories, you start to figure out how they operate.
As far as Flynn is concerned. Gak. The only reason he keeps winning re-election is that he keeps running unopposed. Ask anybody in his district over 60 and they can tell you some interesting (and not in a good way) stories about him.
Just as the rest of the country is celebrating a brand new day, gambling interests and some Massachusetts legislators want to send our state, and our region in particular, back to the dark ages.
Send them a message.
NO! We demand better!
Gladys
That’s exactly what is happening. Money will talk. It always does
…and it will push over anyone in it’s path.
Good points, Bumpkin. It’s important to bring the issues to light so that people understand the political influence of the casino developers over our state government.
It’s too bad there are lobby groups to represent special interests, and no lobby group to represent John Q. Public.
Oh wait…maybe that’s supposed to be us. Pay attention people. Get involved. Let your representatives know what you expect from them. And show support for the ones that do the right thing.
Gambling interests and Massachusetts politicians.
Sounds like a perfect storm of sleaze and corruption if there ever was one.