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...case in point of Weld's successful approach is the recent casino controversy. Weld supports the building of casinos on Indian tribal land, which will undoubtedly bring more jobs to the state and encourage Massachusetts residents to spend their recreational money here instead of in nearby Connecticut, at the popular Foxwoods casino. Despite overwhelming popular support for this plan, Weld's Democratic opponent, Mark Roosevelt '78, is morally opposed to building any casinos in Massachusetts...
...attended Brigham Young University. After graduating from the University of Utah College of Law, he worked as a tribal lawyer for the Shoshoni. When he took over as attorney general in 1991, he angered many in that tribe and others by supporting a state constitutional amendment that banned casino-style gambling, an industry that many tribes depend on for their livelihoods. "I think that issue helped show the people of Idaho that I would do my duty. They knew it was hard for me, for the first time to be opposite the Idaho Indian tribes." Many Native Americans have hard...
Roosevelt named his opposition to casino gambling and his support for the 1989 Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights Bill. Weld mentioned that he had eventually supported the bill, but did not answer the question specifically...
After Roosevelt fielded questions about his low attendance record in the state legislature, he accused Weld of flip-flopping on a wide variety of issues, from the civil rights bill to casino gambling...
...Sacca and hundreds of other Wonderland employees, the new casino would bring something more tangible, something they will need come December...