Massachusetts town remains hopeful for Mohegan Tribe casino
Friday, August 13, 2010
A bill to legalize gaming in Massachusetts remains in limbo but officials and business leaders in the western part of the state are optimistic the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut will be able to open a casino there.
Leaders from the town of Palmer and from the tribe met this week to discuss the future of the project. The two parties agreed to start working on a memorandum of understanding for municipal services and infrastructure at the proposed Mohegan Sun Palmer.
The bill under consideration would authorize three casinos, including one in western Massachusetts. The tribe would have to bid on the facility and pay taxes and other fees to the state.
ARTICLE TAKEN FROM www.inindianz.com
EDITORIAL FOOTNOTE: Where are the Mohegans going to get the money to fund this venture, if they are selected to put a casino in Palmer?
Who are they going to get as a partner? How is a casino with probably less than a million people within 50 miles of it, going to support a casino costing between $500 million and One Billion Dollars?
Do the Mohegans have the funds to do this deal on their own? I DOUGHT IT.
Is this another bad deal like Pocono Downs? Are the members of the Mohegan Tribe being asked to make scrafices, because of a bad business decisions the MTGA has made in the past and continues to make, at the same time looking to expand? What do you think?
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Monday, August 16, 2010
Thursday, May 28, 2009
BOSZUM IS NUMBER 2?
Mohegan - Five incumbents, including Chairman Bruce “Two Dogs” Bozsum, are among the 10 finalists for the five available seats on the Mohegan Tribal Council, the tribe announced Wednesday night.
All five councilors whose four-year terms expire this year will seek re-election in secret balloting over the next several weeks. In addition to Bozsum, the candidates are Lynn Malerba, the council's vice chairwoman; Bill Quidgeon, treasurer; James Gessner, recording secretary; and Mark Hamilton.
The terms of the other four members of the nine-member council extend to 2011.
Also named Wednesday from among a field of more than 40 tribal members who vied in primary balloting in recent weeks were Mike Bozsum, the chairman's younger brother; John Henry Clark, a former chairman of the tribe's Council of Elders; Ken Davison, who maintains Feather News, a blog devoted to tribal matters; and Kathy Regan-Pyne and Mark Sperry, both of whom have worked for the tribe.
In a statement, the tribe listed the 10 finalists in alphabetical order and provided almost no other information, including the number of votes each candidate won.
”It is part of Mohegan custom and tradition to keep the details of the election results solely within the tribe,” said Joe Smith, a tribal member and manager of public affairs for the tribal government.
Davison, who has a background in accounting, often analyzes tribal finances on his blog. He also has waged a battle in Mohegan Tribal Court over the tribe's requirement that tribal members vote for a full slate of candidates in tribal elections. Davison, according to his blog, asserted that members should only have to vote for candidates they prefer and that requiring them to vote for more “is, among other things, a violation of free speech rights.”
The tribal court sided with the tribe and its election committee in a ruling this month, Davison reported on Feather News.
Earlier this year, the tribe approved and then rescinded a controversial freedom-of-information ordinance that would have imposed limits on the information that could be disseminated on blogs like Davison's. A new version of the ordinance is subject to an upcoming referendum vote among tribal members.
The results of balloting in the council race will be announced Aug. 30. The five winning candidates will be sworn in Oct. 5.
The council, in addition to governing the tribe, serves as the managing board of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, which operates Mohegan Sun, the resort casino that employs nearly 10,000 people.
b.hallenbeck@theday.com
"Mohegan-CT"
R E A D E R'S C O M M E N T S
Posted - 5/28/2009 10:42:24 AM"is, among other things, a violation of free speech rights." Does the entity operating the business on limbo land, that place peculiarly part of the US, but not, have a document guaranteeing free speech? What "other things" are there?
US CitizenPawcatuck, CT
- 5/28/2009 10:44:38 AM
EDITORIAL FOOTNOTE: Last year both blogs www.feathernews.blogspot.com and www.brokenwingeditorials.blogspot.com put the candidate totals up. I know of no tradition that prohibits tribal members from giving out the numbers. I guess, it is we make up the tradition as we go along. How do, the people in Connecticut, or any place in the United States view us ? This whole process that the Tribal Council is promoting, makes the Mohegan People look like a secret society. People will think we have something to hide? What government doesn't give out a vote count of a legitimate election? What do you think?
Congradualtions to all the winners. On the next round our picks should be Ken Davison, Mark Hamilton, John Henry Clark, Mark Sperry and Kathy Regan-Pyne.
AN INTERESTING FACT IS THAT IN 2006 THE MOHEGAN TRIBE GAVE THE RESULTS TO THE NEWSPAPERS, NOW WE HAVE A CUSTOM AND TRADITION, IN THREE YEARS.
All five councilors whose four-year terms expire this year will seek re-election in secret balloting over the next several weeks. In addition to Bozsum, the candidates are Lynn Malerba, the council's vice chairwoman; Bill Quidgeon, treasurer; James Gessner, recording secretary; and Mark Hamilton.
The terms of the other four members of the nine-member council extend to 2011.
Also named Wednesday from among a field of more than 40 tribal members who vied in primary balloting in recent weeks were Mike Bozsum, the chairman's younger brother; John Henry Clark, a former chairman of the tribe's Council of Elders; Ken Davison, who maintains Feather News, a blog devoted to tribal matters; and Kathy Regan-Pyne and Mark Sperry, both of whom have worked for the tribe.
In a statement, the tribe listed the 10 finalists in alphabetical order and provided almost no other information, including the number of votes each candidate won.
”It is part of Mohegan custom and tradition to keep the details of the election results solely within the tribe,” said Joe Smith, a tribal member and manager of public affairs for the tribal government.
Davison, who has a background in accounting, often analyzes tribal finances on his blog. He also has waged a battle in Mohegan Tribal Court over the tribe's requirement that tribal members vote for a full slate of candidates in tribal elections. Davison, according to his blog, asserted that members should only have to vote for candidates they prefer and that requiring them to vote for more “is, among other things, a violation of free speech rights.”
The tribal court sided with the tribe and its election committee in a ruling this month, Davison reported on Feather News.
Earlier this year, the tribe approved and then rescinded a controversial freedom-of-information ordinance that would have imposed limits on the information that could be disseminated on blogs like Davison's. A new version of the ordinance is subject to an upcoming referendum vote among tribal members.
The results of balloting in the council race will be announced Aug. 30. The five winning candidates will be sworn in Oct. 5.
The council, in addition to governing the tribe, serves as the managing board of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, which operates Mohegan Sun, the resort casino that employs nearly 10,000 people.
b.hallenbeck@theday.com
"Mohegan-CT"
R E A D E R'S C O M M E N T S
Posted - 5/28/2009 10:42:24 AM"is, among other things, a violation of free speech rights." Does the entity operating the business on limbo land, that place peculiarly part of the US, but not, have a document guaranteeing free speech? What "other things" are there?
US CitizenPawcatuck, CT
- 5/28/2009 10:44:38 AM
EDITORIAL FOOTNOTE: Last year both blogs www.feathernews.blogspot.com and www.brokenwingeditorials.blogspot.com put the candidate totals up. I know of no tradition that prohibits tribal members from giving out the numbers. I guess, it is we make up the tradition as we go along. How do, the people in Connecticut, or any place in the United States view us ? This whole process that the Tribal Council is promoting, makes the Mohegan People look like a secret society. People will think we have something to hide? What government doesn't give out a vote count of a legitimate election? What do you think?
Congradualtions to all the winners. On the next round our picks should be Ken Davison, Mark Hamilton, John Henry Clark, Mark Sperry and Kathy Regan-Pyne.
AN INTERESTING FACT IS THAT IN 2006 THE MOHEGAN TRIBE GAVE THE RESULTS TO THE NEWSPAPERS, NOW WE HAVE A CUSTOM AND TRADITION, IN THREE YEARS.
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