I suspect that Deval Patrick did not anticipate the rabid opposition towards his casino plan that he has been getting. Especially from Sal DiMasi, who once again ripped on the proposal.
House Speaker Sal DiMasi this morning blasted a controversial proposal that would legalize casinos, setting the stage for a key State House hearing today on the issue.I have no problem with casinos... but I am not convinced that they would be a good idea in Massachusetts, and certainly not three of them at once. Deval's proposal is simply ludicrous, and what's really disappointing is how little play Deval's conflict of interest in his pushing for casino gambling is getting.DiMasi, who has been critical of Gov. Deval Patrick’s three-casino plan, offered his most impassioned attack yet, warning, in a speech to members of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, that “casinos will absolutely cause human damage on a grand scale.”
“We will absolutely have increased bankruptcies, foreclosures, divorce, broken families, increased property crimes, domestic violence and on and on and on,” DiMasi said.
And while he stopped short of calling Patrick’s plan for a trio of resort casinos dead on arrival, DiMasi warned that “time is running out” for the govenor’s proposal.
