This artist's rendering of proposed First Light Resort and Casino has been scrapped now that the tribe has changed architects. Image from Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
President Barack Obama and the First Family are vacationing in Massachusetts and casino opponents are hoping to draw his attention. Someone is putting up signs criticizing the $500 million First Light Resort and Casino being planned by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, The Cape Cod Times reported. One reads "Native American casino Ponzi scheme" and another states, "Another broken trust," the paper said. More signs are going up on Cape Cod, an unidentified person told the paper. But it's not likely Obama will see them since he's on the island of Martha's Vineyard, which is off the coast. The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe wants to build a Class II facility on its reservation on the island. The project is being litigated in federal court but the Obama administration is not involved. Get the Story:
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