Foxborough, MA - Musings From 02035

Low Rise Casinos: They Do Exist!

foxborough — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:15:13 +0000

Rail To Foxborough

foxborough — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:23:06 +0000

With the abundance of new “smart growth’ type development in town such as Chestnut Green, The Lodge at Foxborough, Patriot Place, we need better rail service. Mr. Kraft was thinking of buying the spur line at one time (which would have helped Chestnut Green too). Why go to Mansfield when it should come here and has been part of the plans for years?

2010 Foxborough Commuter Feasibility Study Report

State Sen. Timilty rails against expanded train service in MetroWest

495 Rail Study
What is Barrows’ position?

Plainridge Racino?

foxborough — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:52:23 +0000

A LOOK AHEAD: Slots the hot topic in Plainville, too

Don’t Be Fooled: There Are Proponents For A Resort Casino

foxborough — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:50:18 +0000

Outnumbered supporters starting to play catch-up

Jobs For Foxborough

Friending in Foxboro’s casino fight

More Media Spin

foxborough — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:40:57 +0000

She spokle on September 6 at the Board of Selectmen meeting. The Chairman allowed time allotted to Citizen Input to run over for more than 40 minutes on December 27 and still a few others and she were allowed to speak for a minute which she began by ranting at the Chairman. Then the media portrays it as the Chairman not allowing the “little old lady” to speak and bring mean to her by having te Police Chief cut off the microphone. Channel 25 had her as a guest on their morning program where she spoke again and they portrayed her as a victim while she was saying not so nice things about others including residents in our community who hold different opinions than she. Do your research journalists and be responsible!
“Let Her Speak”

In one of the most contentious moments, Harrington attempted to end public comment, which was originally scheduled for 10 minutes but ran almost an hour.

Helen Merigan, a Central Street resident opposed to the casino, became upset, saying it was her right to speak and eliciting calls from the crowd of “Let her speak!”

Merigan was eventually allowed to speak, but had her microphone cut after she went over her allotted time. She received a loud ovation from crowd.

12/27 BOS Part 3
12/27 BOS Part 2

12/27 BOS Part 1

About Those Surveys

foxborough — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:19:22 +0000

Complaints of a Canadian firm doing research polling on behalf of the Wynn/Kraft organizations. One was cited as Winning Research out of Toronto. Could the location of the caller “The Wynn” been misunderstood as the funder of the survey?

Winning Research
“Winning Research has a staff of 10 project managers, all armed with smart phones, and a tremendous work ethic. We have over 150 CATI stations, focus facilities, and 25 full time qualitative recruiters in house. Simply put, we provide the most efficient quality field services in the business, and we are willing to work within any budget.

Affiliations: MRIA
Facility Details

Rooms: The Wynn: 15x15ft layout, seats up to 8, intimate setting, A/V and moderator tools | The Cosmopolitan: 15x18ft layout, seats up to 16, boardroom setting, A/V and moderator tools

Building type: Office Building

Location: East Toronto

Travel time from airport: 25 min.

Travel time from downtown: 20 min”

A Seat At The Table

foxborough — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:12:35 +0000

it would be worthwhile to be in a position to have a seat at the table to discuss possible proposals
Town Manager Kevin Paicos uttered those words during the September 6, 2011 Board of Selectmen meeting.

Paicos’ memo outlines position on gaming bylaw

Instate Gaming

foxborough — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:30:32 +0000

MASSACHUSETTS STATE LOTTERY

MASSACHUSETTS STATE LOTTERY GAMES

187th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

State Lottery – The Office of the State Treasurer

CHAPTER 194 AN ACT ESTABLISHING EXPANDED GAMING IN THE COMMONWEALTH

MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION APPLICATION

STATE LEADERS DETAIL OPEN AND TRANSPARENT SEARCH PROCESS FOR GAMING COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS

Route 1, Development, Casino, Gambling, & Foxborough

foxborough — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:51:14 +0000

The footbridge was denied, the land has been undeveloped for years despite incentives for a tech company to move in, we are not on MassBio’s radar screen, and there are vacancies in Cabot, Cabot, & Forbes. Has anyone else showed an interest? Without expanding rail, what can viably go there for the long term and what businesses would be interested? What companies or industries are interested in moving here?

Casino & Racino Are Different Entities
Despite their differences, both candidates do see eye-to-eye on other key issues, such as being against placing slot machines at race tracks. Coppola served on the Citizens Racetrack Advisory Committee in Foxboro and said that while she is against slots, she would leave it up to the townspeople to decide if they want them or not. Naughton, meanwhile, said she doesn’t "think we should fund anything with addictions. "(Slots) feed into people’s weaknesses." ….Both supported Gov. Mitt Romney’s proposal to uncap lottery aid and give more to cities and towns. Jan. 2006

What Changed?

foxborough — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:39:10 +0000

The 5-0 vote was about the articles the Selectmen were presented with by the Town Manager and were looking at for that September 6 meeting. The Rev. Agenda 9/6/11 listed the one word “Gaming” for the 7:00 meeting. The Sun Chronicle article titled “Casinos will be topic in Foxboro” stated “Brue said the purpose of the two-hour public session will be ‘to discuss putting a warrant article for the special town meeting to look for zoning changes that would permit a casino up in that area.’ With a bill to allow three resort-style casinos and a slot machine parlor in play on Beacon Hill, Paicos in August proposed changing Foxboro’s zoning bylaw to allow such uses in the Route 1 area, on parcels of 50-acres or more, including on what is now land owned by the Kraft Group.”

They all felt that putting the proposed changes Paicos was asking for w on the FALL STM WARRANT would be too much of a rush and some thought the expanded gaming issue in town needed further examination than what had been done for the racino vote so decided not to include it for the FALL STM.

Only a few citizens were present at the meeting (9 spoke out of a town of 17,000) and they deviated from what was stated as what they were doing so this may have been an illegal discussion and vote. Was it? The next week, the matter was brought up again and a few Selectmen decided they had jumped the gun on it the week before and input from more than 9 residents out of 17,000 should have been sought.

The media is spinning this to say that the Selectmen outlawed gambling in Foxborough in September. They did not. The vote was to not support that zoning amendment proposal and not to include it in the FALL STM. They went further that first night by adding their own moral opinions into the mix, which in many eyes tarnished the process for a week. The Selectmen said gambling in town should be up to voters by a ballot vote. When will that happen?