If you held out any hope that Project First Light in Taunton would every see day, you can forget about it. The disenrolled Mashpee Wampanoags got slammed with some bad news yesterday as tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell and Rhode Island architect David DeQuattro were arrested by the FBI. The charges include bribery solicitation and extortion, and Cromwell faces the brunt of them. Although Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) and other Massachusetts politicians have carried water for the Mashpee Wamps in the past, nobody’s going to want to touch them with a barge pole now. Both men are free on $25K bond. The tribe is already seriously in hock to Genting Group, which may also want to give its former partners a wide berth.
Reports the Boston Globe, “Prosecutors allege that through his role as a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s Gaming Authority, Cromwell contracted with DeQuattro’s architecture and design company, RGB Architects or Robinson Green Beretta Corp., in connection with the tribe’s plans to build a $1 billion casino on reservation land in Taunton.” Per the federal indictment, Cromwell shook down DeQuattro for ten grand, money he parked in his and Mrs. Cromwell’s bank account. He also created a shell company, One Nation Development, to cover his alleged misdeeds. DeQuattro was reimbursed for the bribe by the president of his company, an unindicted co-conspirator, it would appear. Over time, Cromwell supposedly extorted $44,000 from DeQuattro and “ spent all of the money on personal expenses, including payments to his mistress,” according to U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling.
This is why I advised against betting on the Presidential election, the bettors who backed Biden now have to wait till Trump concedes or the Electoral College electors post their votes. Some in the conservative media like Mark Levin are openly calling for state legislators to appoint electors who will go against the will of the voters in the states based on their specious claims of voter fraud. Its a mess. If the POTUS has evidence of widespread fraud that can change the outcomes, he undoubtedly would have introduced them by now.
We are nearing 2,000 dead Americans a day from the pandemic, its time to end this charade and focus on saving lives in my opinion, the federal government needs to step in instead of leave the individual states in charge of this disaster…
Sisolak always does not listen to people who have expertise in medicine The man is dishonest and uncaring. Masks do not work and he discriminates against people like me who have epilepsy. Masks make me pass out. I will not let him take away the life I have left. I am not sick, do not have covid, I have epilepsy and I do not appreciated him trying to take away my life what I have left of it. The one thing I am glad about is I am smart, I have a 4.0 gpa and I am in nursing for over 50 years. He better thing about if he gets ill. None of us want to take care of someone who does not care about the citizens in Nevada. And I have my integrity and I unlike this vile man, do not lie. But he does.