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Here we go again –

Quote from factfinder blog: (please note that the misspellings are his, not mine)

Tom Calter is quoted in the Enterprise as follows:

"The water demanded by this project equals usage of the entire town of Kingston" refering to the propsed casino in Middleborough.

Since the Town of Kingston pumped an average of 1,420,180 gallons per day in 2006 and the agreement between Middleborough and the Tribe is for 750,000 gallons per day. It is far from the truth. Comparing the Max Day pumping. The max day pumpage in Kingston was 3 Million gallons per day. The casino max day is 1.5 million gallons per day.

To quote Jeff Foxworthy, "Are you smarter than a 5th grader?" Most 5th graders would know that Kingston uses about twice as much as the proposed casino.

I wish Mr. Calter would check his facts and sources prior to making false statements.

- factfinder -

Sigh….and I wish factfinder would stop ignoring the fact that the Tribe will put private wells on the proposed casino site, making his average daily usage of 750,00 GPD a bogus figure, something which I’m sure most fifth graders would know. In my opinion, Representative Calter did not make any false statements here. In the agreement, the Tribe is allotted to take up to 1.5 MGPD over a 24 hour period from the Town's public water supply….Kingston pumps 1.4 MGPD average – seems to me that the water demanded by the project will equal, at least some of the time, what Kingston pumps on an average day - and most assuredly will be a whole lot more when you include the private wells. The idea alone that one project could take up as much water as an entire town whether it be for one day, one week or one month should cause anyone to pause. Not to mention, since factfinder wasn’t even at the RTF Meeting (I know because I was there), who is he to say anything about Representative Calter? If factfinder really cared about the FACTS instead bashing State Representatives who want to defend communities besides Middleboro, or cared even a tiny bit about what other towns are worried about, perhaps he would have actually gone to the Regional Task Force (RTF) meeting.

Perhaps he would have heard the pathetic pleading of the Middleboro Town Selectman to be allowed a seat at the table…in all honesty, I felt bad for him...how embarrassing to have to stand up in front of all your peers after all that has been done, and an agreement has been signed ensuring that you will do what is in the best interest of the Tribe, and say "we want to help you"..... I give him a lot of credit, I couldn't have done it myself.

Perhaps factfinder would have heard that same selectman insist that Middleboro never said they wouldn’t share their mitigation money with surrounding communities – well…..they never said they would, now did they.

Perhaps he would have seen said Selectman stumble and bumble with a non- answer when asked if one the RTF members could sit on the Middleboro Casino Resort Advisory Committee if he was allowed to sit on the RTF.

Perhaps if factfinder took the time to go to these meetings instead of insisting his neutrality on the issue while posting on a pro-casino forum, he would have some real insight as to how this project will directly impact surrounding communities.

Perhaps if factfinder had ventured outside the confines of Middleboro to attend the RTF meeting, he wouldn’t be so quick to gloss over or outright deny that there are any impacts.

Perhaps factfinder would have seen our wonderful RTF be nothing short of professional, attentive, and polite to said Middleboro Selectman….and perhaps factfinder would have seen the fine demonstration of an obvious pro-casino woman throwing a hissy fit in front of the entire room because the RTF said they would take Middleboro’s plea “into consideration”. Gee, what a fun filled night that turned out to be. Too bad factfinder was too busy posting on a pro-casino forum and missed it. He may actually have learned something. Then perhaps, he could quote Jeff Foxworthy without putting his own foot in his own mouth.