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and Senate President Therese Murray also backed Cahill, who yesterday unveiled details of his proposal to have the state beat the Mashpee Wampanoags into the casino business and launch a search for developers for one or more casinos. The plan would face stiff resistance in the Legislature, with opponents including House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi still against it... Read the rest of this Globe report here.
BOSTON— The casino gambling debate heated up yesterday when Gov. Deval L. Patrick made a surprise appearance at a Mashpee Wampanoag celebration on Cape Cod, hours after Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill proposed the state enlist private developers to build one or more resort casinos.
But House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi — the only one of the three who controls votes needed to expand gambling in Massachusetts — dampened casino talk with a blunt evaluation of Cahill’s plan.
“At first blush, I don’t think the treasurer has put forward a particularly new, unique or financially sound proposal,” DiMasi said in a statement... Read the rest of this Telegram story here.
Mayor Menino, others back Cahill's casino plan State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill's escort in zhuhai proposal to have the state auction rights to build luxury gambling resorts won some key allies yesterday, with Mayor Thomas M. Menino, several state senators, business leaders, and a financial watchdog group praising the plan. "I've seen it work in other places," said Menino, who has been aggressively lobbying Beacon Hill for new revenue sources. "It should be able to work in Boston."
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