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Border wars: Boston, Everett mayors exchange volleys over Wynn casino
By adamg on Thu, 05/21/2015 - 6:54pm
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh today announced the city has expanded its lawsuit against the state Gaming Commission to seek nullification of all its decisions, not just the one allowing a casino in Everett on the Charlestown line, and a court ruling that the present commissioners be disqualified from any future votes on a Boston-area casino.
In a statement, Walsh said he is particularly concerned about the traffic that will flow into and out of the casino via Sullivan Square and that Wynn is not doing enough to fix the mess he says it will cause:
We have spent an enormous amount of time and effort on the casino issue from day one and it has always been our belief that Boston is a host community to this planned casino. The City is fighting this battle because the health, safety and welfare of Boston's residents will be jeopardized by Wynn's plans and it is clear that this is the only way to move forward to protect the rights of Boston's public and restore integrity to the gaming process.
Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria promptly held his own press conference to tell Walsh to shut his yap and that Boston needs to stop "putting politics over people and themselves above the state:"
This is nothing but a rehashing of issues that have been brought up, solved or addressed by the state and the Gaming Commission. The City of Everett is tired of being the industrial backbone for the City of Boston. We will no longer shoulder the burden of another city’s prosperity at the expense of our future. It’s our time now. ...
Boston, by not cooperating and refusing to meet with state officials is putting hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, thousands of job and my City’s future at risk.”
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Geno always has Charlestown's
Geno always has Charlestown's back. Where are the rest of our elected officials?
For the 100th (expletive) time
There would be less of a traffic problem if both Everett and Suffolk Downs had casinos. What about this is so hard to understand? Why did we only allow one or the other to exist?
Traffic
If traffic was the real concern there would not be casinos anywhere. It's a red herring.
Carlo
step away from the cannoli and take a deep breath.
Marty's hypocrisy on this is astounding
That he can honestly think to himself that this lawsuit has merit, but his own city's ramming of an Olympics down the region's throats didn't need to even be voted on (remember, he was against a referendum before he was grudgingly for it) makes my head spin.
In one word
(which applies to both this lawsuit and the Laff-A-Lympics@ bid) - Money!
(@ with apologies to Hanna-Barbera)
Give it up Marty!
Why don't you return your messages before you take on any other challenges! You have been a huge disappointed.
Boston-Everett Border Wars
Can anybody on this blog explain how Boston came to occupy a slice of Everett around Rte. 99? The front doors to the proposed casino would be in Boston, not Everett, aggravating the 'border wars' no end.