whighlander
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Yeah except the ugly buildings in boston are mixed into the skyline. This just glares out and will be visible from afar in all directions. I think it's as anti-Boston as you could possibly get. So is the whole casino idea.
It probably will eventually happen, but I wouldnt crow about anything yet. There's a lot of local opposition and Everett isnt much of a power wielder. That opposition is going to mount a vigorous fight. Personally, I see this as a cause like fighting the Southwest Expressway through Jamaica Plain. It's anathema to a city that prides itself on modesty and liberal values. Casinos belong in trashy states. Not here.
FK --- You're starting to sound like Riff -- put down the medicinal bong and back away from the desktop
" It's anathema to a city that prides itself on modesty and liberal values. Casinos belong in trashy states"
Massachusetts: Speaker of the House; President of the Senate; numerous reps and state senators; Boston City Councilor; Probation Board, etc. -- all either currently in the can, pled guilty & turned to be a witness for the Fed prosecutor; or served time and are out
The days of Puritan morals and the state where we are to be "as a city upon a hill" -- those are in the history books
https://thehistoricpresent.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/the-city-upon-a-hill-and-puritan-hubris/
The “City upon a Hill” section of the sermon called “A Model of Christian Charity” was written in 1630 by the Puritan leader John Winthrop while the first group of Puritan emigrants was still onboard their ship, the Arbella, waiting to disembark and create their first settlement in what would become New England.
The casinos are here -- the people had their chance -- now let's get back to worrying about something else that's irrelevant to everyone's life like
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/08/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-snow.html?_r=0The New York Times
Feb 7, 2014
winter and skiing will no longer exist as we know them by....