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Photo essay of the June 13, 2007
Selectman's Meeting
Inside the high school auditorium
there was a standing room only crowd. The anti-casino forces appeared to
outnumber the pro-casino and neutral groups as they held more signs,
applauded the loudest, occasionally shouted, and had by far the most
speakers.
However about 200 free pro-casino
bumper stickers and welcome Wampanoag signs were handed out, though only a
few were displayed during the meeting.
The photo on the posters is a famous one from
The Library of Congress of Chief Massasoit and the Pilgrims cropped from
the full picture.
Board of Selectmen (left to right) Steve
Spataro, Patrick Rogers,
Adam Bond, Wayne Perkins, Marsha Brunelle (Chair)
Town Manager Jack Healy, newly retained
attorney for the town
Dennis J. Whittlesey and attorney for the Mashpee Wampanoag Lawrence B.
Deitch.
Attorney who has been representing the town to
date
on the casino matter, Jonathan D. Witten.
Selectmen Steve Spataro (left) and Patrick
Rogers reflecting each other's body language.
Rogers told the audience that he hadn't looked at the draft agreement yet
and planned to read it over his coming vacation. He told this photographer
after the meeting that he had a job and was too busy to read it prior to
the meeting.
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