tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post8451636914727579852..comments2023-10-10T06:51:06.526-04:00Comments on Ryan's Take: Talk About Being Against Your Own, Best InterestsRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-43854595900503180882010-08-23T01:58:54.866-04:002010-08-23T01:58:54.866-04:00I love your blog. Your thoughts are right on the ...I love your blog. Your thoughts are right on the money.<br />Driscoll seems insane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-52345538734744457762009-11-01T08:11:46.365-05:002009-11-01T08:11:46.365-05:00I can only think Kim is following the money. I...I can only think Kim is following the money. I'm a longtime Salem resident and I voted against her four years ago because I thought she was depending too much on the housing bubble in Chelsea, and depending too much on the gentrification treadmill we have in Salem.<br /><br />That was not a good basis to build an economy. It's been alienating for a number of long term residents. If Salem is full of young and hip and dynamic people, the old and unhip, well...<br /><br />She may think Revere is too far away. Or that Lynn will get the Blue Line if the casino goes through. (I want the Blue Line to Lynn myself of course, but casinos...) She knows that Salem will not have a casino sited within its borders so she is "safe" in that regard.<br /><br />She's running unopposed this year (well, token opposition at best) and casinos have not been in the buzz here.David Moisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246027784687332011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-4487867237084126452009-10-22T12:09:51.757-04:002009-10-22T12:09:51.757-04:00Why CLT matters?
Barbara Anderson/CLT matters be...Why CLT matters? <br /><br />Barbara Anderson/CLT matters because Marian Walsh exists <br /><br />Barbara Anderson/CLT matters because Sal DiMasi exists <br /><br />Barbara Anderson/CLT matters because Diane Wilkerson existsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-66277727074908621572009-10-21T08:30:49.737-04:002009-10-21T08:30:49.737-04:00People are lottert tix addicts and booze addicts. ...People are lottert tix addicts and booze addicts. When do we rid ourselves of those vices?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-18870740892225863762009-10-21T00:46:51.736-04:002009-10-21T00:46:51.736-04:00There are some things I know about, lots of things...There are some things I know about, lots of things I don't. I rarely ever just declare things Good and Proper. I back what I have to say up; people are free to disagree, but if I'm to buy their arguments, I usually expect as much effort and investigation into the issue as I've done. <br /><br />I don't often write about things I don't know much about. If I do, I'll probably say I'm a novice, or leave the comment up to interpretation or be very open to the opinions and facts of others. Again, as I've already said, I wasn't always a hardened opponent of casinos. I went into it with a very open mind and really did my homework.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-47721527909178983662009-10-18T08:37:51.311-04:002009-10-18T08:37:51.311-04:00Ryan knows best. What is it with you arrogant prog...Ryan knows best. What is it with you arrogant progressives/liberals?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-31372931895420270862009-10-17T19:04:09.684-04:002009-10-17T19:04:09.684-04:00Yes, I agree with everything you said -- that'...Yes, I agree with everything you said -- that's why I singled her out, and not other Mayors, for example. That said, she clearly doesn't have a firm understanding of slot policy and what it would do to a city like Salem. I am not attacking Mayor Driscoll, I'm criticizing -- constructively -- one thing she's done that was a mistake and, if she gets that wish, would hurt Salem tremendously.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-46269473374507905902009-10-17T15:31:47.872-04:002009-10-17T15:31:47.872-04:00She is an accomplished local pol with a high degre...She is an accomplished local pol with a high degree of honesty and integrity. Sounds like someone we should be listening to given the assholes that are on Beacon Hill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-84362623246601279462009-10-17T15:06:41.800-04:002009-10-17T15:06:41.800-04:00Nope. I have not done that to her at all. She'...Nope. I have not done that to her at all. She's telling us how to run the state. She's not asking for a casino in Salem, nor will she get one.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-44134916783797508842009-10-17T12:57:43.381-04:002009-10-17T12:57:43.381-04:00On one hand Ryan says he does not pretend to know ...On one hand Ryan says he does not pretend to know more about Salem than Kim Driscoll, then he tells her how to run her city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-23544396401615333242009-10-16T17:18:15.623-04:002009-10-16T17:18:15.623-04:00Anon 8:29,
I won't pretend to know more abou...Anon 8:29, <br /><br />I won't pretend to know more about Salem than the mayor (though, having lived next to it all my life, reading its papers and having a great many friends and family there, I do know quite a bit), but I almost certainly know more about slots -- and the impacts arising from slots. I've been studying them for years. <br /><br />I wasn't always against them -- in fact, in the beginning, I was for them, at least in certain instances, when I knew a lot less. It wasn't until I did more studying on the issue that I could tell I was very, very wrong. Slots are very complicating. The headlines do sound nice -- I won't go so far as Middleboro Remembers, some of the jobs that do come with casinos aren't terrible in terms of benefits, but they tend to cost more jobs than they create within just a few short years, because, as I said, they wreak havoc on a city like Salem. You never see those jobs on the headlines, though, because people don't always put 2 and 2 together and it's a slot bleed over several years, people don't realize the damage before it's already done. And people just assume the casino is going to be in some faraway place, when, in Salem's case, it's probably not -- Revere *is* likely to get one, and that's just around the corner, in a prime location to wipe out Salem's downtown scene. Even a 5-10% loss of income for Salem's businesses would put a huge number of them out of business, and those that would survive would be less than, with layoffs, reduced wages and benefits and scaled back hours. Salem's fun nighttime scene and all the effort people have put into that city to make it a great place to go to year round, would be dead.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523572927796479670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-59880337219568743892009-10-16T12:30:37.459-04:002009-10-16T12:30:37.459-04:00Speaking about low wage jobs it has always amazed ...Speaking about low wage jobs it has always amazed me that the Dems are so easy on illegal immigrants. It is the use of the illegals which keeps a downward pressure on the wages. If they weren't here employers would have to pay higher livable wages to get jobs done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-82952487973737087682009-10-16T09:05:33.716-04:002009-10-16T09:05:33.716-04:00Professor Grinols went into tedious detail explain...Professor Grinols went into tedious detail explaining that slots soak up discretionary income and reduce spending at local small businesses - the economic engine of new job creation. <br /><br />What a pity Mayor Driscoll didn't bother to inform herself before drinking the casino KoolAid!<br /><br />Why would Democrats continue to promote low wage, low skill, dead end jobs when we need jobs that provide a future, that we can be proud of, that provide hope?<br /><br />Why do union members continue to support this Fools' Gold fantasy?<br /><br />Bernie Madoff created better paying jobs than slot parlors based on the same predatory scheme.Middleboro Remembershttp://middlebororemembers.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15133926.post-45329130615212972702009-10-16T08:29:43.102-04:002009-10-16T08:29:43.102-04:00Smart lady. Why do you think you know more about w...Smart lady. Why do you think you know more about what's good for Salem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com