I'm no rah-rah for the whole casinio thang, but it's the Gaming Commision that's been investigating these guys, and they're so concerned that they've turned their findings over to state and federal investigators, who are now organizing a grand jury.

But hey, never let reading comprehension get in the way of lazy cynicism, amiright?

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(btw, not that you'll care, because, ya know - facts are boring - but the governor directly appointed only one member of the gaming commission, the AG and State Treasurer each got one pick apiece, and the three of them did majority choice for the remaining two members.)

Jeeze I at least,

By Chris Rich on Sun, 06/22/2014 - 5:28pm.

read enough to learn the mayor's springboard into office involved donuts and his cohort is about as sketchy as a landlord gets this side of jail.

Eyeglaze quickly set in as it's another crooked crony tale from a place that grows em like weeds, but thanks for the patience to indicate the Gaming Commission bestirred itself from its heady shuttles back and forth to Vegas for endless 'study'.

You are totally right. This is news.

Cool,

Thanks for effort!

Bonus points for 'splainin the commission selection process.

Same old song and dance

By SwirlyGrrl on Sun, 06/22/2014 - 9:24pm.

Everett is highly corrupt. Funds from special education funds spent on Homecoming. School department workers ordering air conditioning units and installing them for the Superintendent - in his home.

Nothing new here, folks.

Revere

By BostonDog on Sun, 06/22/2014 - 10:41pm.

Sadly I have a former boss who's mission in life was to convince people he lived in Everett instead of Revere. Apparently he thought Everett was a major step up.

God help us all if either of them get a Casino.

You examples are 12 and 10

By ReverseSwirl on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 6:52am.

You examples are 12 and 10 years old respectively, and both happened before the current mayor was in office - so what does that have to do with the article exactly? Does somehow Everett breed evil people, much like Castle Rock in a Steven King story?

Nice...

By Paul on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 12:56am.

I agree that the mayor and his pals are a corrupt bunch, but as a resident of this city, I have an issue with the heading for this thread. It's not often that you run into a thread bashing a city. It's one thing to take issue with corruption, but it's entirely something else to suggest that there's nothing positive to say about Everett. Sure it's not the fanciest place around Boston - working class folks have to live somewhere you know. But it does present an opportunity for homebuyers of modest means to live in a mostly quiet, mostly family-oriented city close to Boston, even if it does suffer from an image problem and have some polluted land and corrupt politicians. Not all of us can live in Roslindale. Le sigh.

I concur

By Just Niki on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 8:24am.

I agree I love my City of EVERETT!!! All politics are corrupt in some manner

Lot of good jobs once upon a

By kvn on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 8:33am.

Lot of good jobs once upon a time there, and it is the gateway to the New England Produce Center, as well as the last stop for tons of scrap iron being recycled by the Prowler and shipped out by boat. Everett is our friend ! But Roslindale has the Pleasant Cafe and the original Parkway pizza, perfected by J Cairns years ago.

http://www.boston.com/blogs/yourtown/boston/dirty-old-boston/2013/09/des...

Just when you thought you could think something pleasant about Everett

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A doughnut mogul and a shakedown arsonist slumlord..?

Wait, are you saying that this casino thing is rigged?

Did you bother reading the story?

Jeeze I at least,

Same old song and dance

Revere

You examples are 12 and 10

Nice...

I concur

Lot of good jobs once upon a

I rode my bike from the Back

Blue Line

Can't get a great workout on

Sez who?

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