Bringing casino gambling to MA is on the table and touted with big numbers for jobs and additional revenue. Both the jobs and revenue would be good in a struggling economy but what would the casino really cost the local community? This article in the Milford Daily News attempts to get at some of the other considerations.
Read the full article here
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Lottery versus taxes
Cahill said the average person in Massachusetts spends $700 a year on the state lottery, compared to the national average of $170.Oh my, really! Yes, according to comments made at a luncheon Friday in Milford.
So here's where things get complicated.
You got to be in it to win it!
But if you took what the "average person" spends on a gamble and spent it on local property taxes, you would get improvements in all our local services: fire, police, DPW, library and education.
The "average person" certainly isn't everyone, not at least in Franklin where incomes for some are real tight. The "average person" referenced can't be the same person who voted against an override.
Surely they would see that a sure thing is better than a gamble?
Saturday, November 7, 2009
In the News - Gov Patrick visits Franklin, casino night
Gov Patrick visited Jefferson Elementary School yesterday
and hold the date for the FEF Casino Night, Nov 20th
Patrick visits Franklin school, says he supports local aid
Franklin honors 90-year-old vets
and hold the date for the FEF Casino Night, Nov 20th
Franklin Education Foundation plans Casino Night
Thursday, January 24, 2008
In the news - street play, teacher citizenship, betting on a budget
Game over for street play?
| FRANKLIN - Under a strict reading of a bylaw revision proposed at last night's council meeting, children playing baseball or having a snowball fight on town streets and sidewalks could get a disappointing message: game over. |
Teacher feted for getting U.S. citizenship
| FRANKLIN - When French teacher Mireille Malouf walked into the auditorium at Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School yesterday, she thought she had come for an assembly with a broad patriotic theme. |
Local towns would get more state aid
| The town of Milford would receive a 10 percent increase in local aid and Franklin would receive an additional 7 percent under Gov. Deval Patrick's budget proposal. |
Patrick's budget plan would rely on casino revenue
| BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick released a $28 billion budget proposal yesterday, banking on casino licensing fees to fund local aid and challenging his critics in the Legislature to come up with their own solutions to the state's fiscal challenges. |
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