(y'know the guy that a slots-happy pol named Tom Menino screwed out of the governorship) has an interesting and suggestive editorial about casino gambling in today's Globe.
This passage is particularly significant:
Finally, every state that has consumed the casino Kool-aid still has tax problems, education funding issues, economic development issues. In other words, promises are made, but promises are cheap, and often not kept. The only sure bet is that investors in casinos will make huge profits, and the state will get a slice, but we'll all bear huge social costs.
I agree, casino gambling is a classic short money solution to structural revenue and employment problems. I urge the Governor and the legislature to think twice about importing casino gambling to the Commonwealth...at the very least they all should read this op-ed piece.
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