Its in Our Hands Now

I have read of Foxwoods’ joy over “getting everything they wanted” with two of our selectmen signing the HCA.  Butera, Nunes and their cronies at the reservation should be pleased with themselves.  The future of Milford as a place with hometown appeal where folks have raised their kids and plan for retirement has been offered in sacrifice to the cash waving, trash pandering gambling industry.  Actually, this is also an insult to the word industry.  Large scale gambling is simply legal looting.  It is an addictive vice.  Gambling provides no societal benefit beyond yielding potentially huge profits for the purveyor and the promise of some fast cash to the subverted community.  While all this is occurring we, this residents, have to plan for more police, more fire rescue, more water restrictions, more construction dirt and noise, more traffic congestion, more crime, more loss of control over our town’s future, more disruption, etc...  How all this is supposedly justified through Foxwoods’ overused claim of “More Jobs” and “Better Future” truly reveals a serious shortage of foresight by our leadership along with abject scheming on the part of Foxwoods management.  Foxwoods espouses their “hometown” credentials when, in fact, they just shoved their way in, bought off town leadership with the promise of fabulous riches, and are now in the process of attempting to coerce Town Meeting Members.  For those of you unable to see what is going here it’s simple; Foxwoods will take control of Milford.  With all this promised cash derived from gambling Milford will be at the casino’s beckoned call.  A stable, residential environment in which to raise our kids, grandkids and retire is now entirely in our hands.  A NO vote on November 19 is a vote to preserve what many Milford residents have for decades worked so hard to achieve.