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We told you so!It's over! .... for MiddleboroIt gives me great pleasure today to thank all the dedicated members and friends of Casino Facts who have been fighting and supporting us to maintain the quality of life that we so well deserve. For almost three years we have been trying to drive a message home that a Casino in Middleboro was "not inevitable". Many will say it was the SCOTUS decition to not allow land to trust, or the high cost of the infrastructure, or the environmental impacts, or one of the many other road blocks that put an end to the Tribe's ill-fated plan, but in my heart I truly believe it was the culmination of dedicated research, and the tireless effort to educate and help people understand the logic and the basic principle that there is no price tag for an exchange of "quality of life". Today is not only a victory for Middleboro, but for the area as a whole, but the war is far from over, for now is the time to fight for the rest of the residents of Ma. and help them understand the dark and hidden secrets of predatory gambling.Thank you,
Frank Dunphy  Wampanoag Elder Amelia Bingham addresses the Middleboro Board Of Selectmen Wampanoag Elder Amelia Bingham, age 84, and a founding member of the Wampanoag Tribal Council came to the Middleboro Selectman's meeting of 6/5/2007. You would think that this group, who is about to undertake a monumental casino deal, would be able to spare several minutes to hear her out. This was a disgraceful display of disrespect especially after the red carpet treatment and townwide genuflecting that greeted Glenn Marshall. Amelia Bingham is an intelligent, gracious woman who went out of her way to tell the people of Middleboro a side of the story that most have not heard. As usual, the Middleboro leadership was not listening, and even worse, wouldn't even let the other side speak. Apologies for the poor audio quality. It is almost humorous to hear Chairwoman Brunelle trying to explain that a board item advertised as Draft Agreement With The Wampanoag was not actually about a draft agreement with the Wampanoag.
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