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Massachusetts mayors key to casino plan18 February 2008MASSACHUSETTS -- As reported by the Boston Herald: "Governor Deval Patrick is drawing a mixed reaction in the region as he looks to municipal leaders statewide to build support for his casino plan. "Last week, Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray met with a group of about 20 mayors to solicit their assistance in selling the proposal to license three resort-style casinos. The plan remains stalled in the Legislature. "In interviews last week, several municipal leaders said they back the governor's casino plan or are open to it, citing the financial relief it could bring to financially strapped municipalities. "...Noting that the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is pursuing at the federal level its proposal to open a casino in Middleborough, Sullivan said he would rather the state license casinos itself, thus ensuring it realizes benefits from them. "...But Woburn Mayor Thomas L. McLaughlin, while sharing the governor's desire to see the Legislature take up the casino plan, is not sold on the proposal, saying he wants to hear more public discussion. "...Patrick has estimated that the three casinos would generate 20,000 permanent jobs and $400 million in annual state revenue, along with $900 million in licensing fees..." |