BOSTON, Massachusetts – As reported by NewsCenter5: "Boston Mayor Menino is supporting a casino plan for Suffolk Downs.
"NewsCenter 5's Pam Cross reported Thursday that with the Mashpee
Wampanoags now at odds with the town of Middleborough over plans for a gambling complex, Menino said he'd be happy to talk to tribal leaders.
"The mayor said that the plan would completely transform the struggling thoroughbred racetrack and the area around it.
"…Suffolk owners said that they are 'focused on their racing product but that they'd be open to discussing the benefit that gambling brings.'
"'We really have mixed emotions about it. We wonder what is going to happen to our quiet street, but we do know that it would be for the benefit of Massachusetts,' resident Mary Folsom said.
"'Come to Boston,' Menino said. 'We'd like to talk to you.'
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