"Middleboro officials are correct when they say the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian tribe shouldn’t be moving “from one community to another” in an attempt to get the best deal possible for a casino.

It is unseemly; it smacks of greed and opportunism; and it is unfair to the cities and towns that take the bait, then get tossed back into the water when the Wampanoags move on to the next community blinded by $$.

But that is beside the point. The tribe’s endless wandering – now playing in Taunton! – may look bad, but that is their right and privilege as a sovereign nation. For now, they are trumped by Middleboro’s media blitz to try to get more money from the tribe after it was spurned at the altar."

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OPINION: When a casino deal isn’t really a deal (The Brockton Enterprise 3/18)

Also Today:
Mashpee tribe inks Taunton land deal (The Cape Cod Times 3/17)
Mashpee Wampanoags put downpayment on Taunton casino land option (The Taunton Daily Gazette 3/18)
Casino law filled with tight deadlines (The Boston Globe 3/19)
Casinos weigh on host towns (The Cape Cod Times 3/19)

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