"I was driving past “Weicker's Wonder in the Woods” the other day and was amazed at the amount of strip-mining being performed along the roadway. I assumed the Mashantucket Pequots had discovered an early native settlement and were excavating it to study.

Upon questioning a worker, I was told the tribe was putting in a huge cloverleaf roadway to help get people into the casino faster. Imagine that — a Native American tribe destroying all that natural habitat, killing or displacing all that wildlife just to get the gamblers inside their casino quicker.

Sitting at the traffic light, I was reminded of a TV commercial back in the '70s with “Iron Eyes” Cody in which he looked at all the pollution and a tear ran down his cheek. I could picture him on top of the hill, looking out over the destruction below, saying “What have my people become?”"

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Martin King: Few Foxes To Be Found In Casino's Woods (The New London Day 10/2)