Bellicose Bumpkin

We had a CasinoFacts.org directors meeting on Wednesday night 8/1/2007 to discuss the next steps in the campaign to oppose the location of casino(Wampanoag or otherwise) in Middleboro or Massachusetts for that matter. This was the first meeting since the 7/28 Town Meeting.

Treasurer Penny reported the difficulty she had getting signs back from a local proponent who had gone around collecting them. But that’s not the story here. She finally did get them back and was told by the pro-casino sign collector that Glenn Marshall wanted 5 signs for a “museum”.

Glenn – if you want some signs, they’re $5 each and can be obtained by putting in a request at CasinoFacts.org just like anyone else. I shouldn’t have to remind you that they are private property. I don’t want to see your Chairman-mobile sneaking around town chucking CFO signs into the back. I don’t think there would room in the trunk anyhow – it’s filled with BOS scruples, the rotting corpses of due process, and the dusty skeletons of fair play. On opening day at the casino, I expect to be shown a receipt for any signs that might be part of a “gloating over grassroots citizens” exhibit.

On a more personal note, we’re touched that you think so much of us that you want to feature us in your museum. We would have been more touched if you’d cared about the people of Middleboro enough to meet with us even once. We would have been really impressed if you coded the promises you made at the Nichols School presentation into the ripoff agreement you hoodwinked Adam Bond into agreeing to. You know the promises to personally re-imburse impacted homeowners and businesses. We also would have been very impressed if you had honored your promise about putting the casino in a community that wanted it. You promised over and over again that you wouldn’t force the casino on a town that didn’t want it. But when things looked tight, you stood at Oak Point and basically told everyone that you were coming anyway – regardless of what the vote said.

This of course was all part of the “vote yes or else” misinformation campaign that was run from the highest level down to the lowest.

On a completely unrelated topic – why don’t you show everyone that somewhere deep down you have a shred of decency by un-shunning Amelia Bingham and her friends and come clean to your Tribe about the deals you’ve cut with your financial backers. That’s all she asked for and it was a reasonable request – particularly if you have indeed made a deal that is beneficial for the Tribe. While you’re at it why don’t you disavow Scott Fersons charge that CFO was behind Ms. Bingham’s protest at the annual Wampanoag Pow Wow.

CFO is still here and we’re not going anywhere. It’s not too late to speak with us if you have any interest in the concerns of Middleboro’s citizens. But be forewarned. We won’t stand for any of that “steward of the land” baloney. We’ll expect real information about the facility you are planning to destroy our town with. You might take a page from this tribe that seems to actually care what their host communities concerns.

You might be able to razzle-dazzle the weak-minded with your emply platitudes – we’ll be a tougher audience.

And by the way. $20K a year for addiction mitigation isn’t just insufficient – it’s insulting. Just how dumb do you think we are? I take that back – the agreement we just signed answers that question – and the answer is: Pretty darn dumb.