{"id":13559,"date":"2014-05-13T10:21:48","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T18:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=13559"},"modified":"2014-05-13T10:21:48","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T18:21:48","slug":"wynns-albatross-culinary-gets-wrist-slapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wynns-albatross-culinary-gets-wrist-slapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Wynn’s albatross; Culinary gets wrist slapped"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Younger<\/a>Steve Wynn<\/strong>‘s Everett<\/strong> casino project is getting pinned down by fire from several directions. Boston<\/strong> City Attorney Thomas Frongillo<\/strong> argues that a sale to Wynn Resorts<\/strong> by\u00a0FBT Everett Realty LLC<\/strong> should be voided because the latter concealed an ownership stake<\/a> held by convicted felon Charles Lightbody<\/strong>.\u00a0\u201cThey shouldn\u2019t be entitled to earn a penny of profit on this, not one red cent, for what they\u2019ve done,\u201d he told the Massachusetts Gaming Commission<\/strong>. Ex-state inspector general Gregory Sullivan<\/strong> calls l’affaire Lightbody<\/em> “a plaguing, dark problem for the commission … a serious concern.”\u00a0\u201cA group of people attempted to hide a disqualifying factor from you so that they could make a handsome profit,\u201d testified Frongillo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thrown on the defensive, commissioner Bruce Stebbins<\/strong> says “I\u00a0appreciate the city of Boston\u2019s concerns about the suitability of the current property owners.” Colleage Gayle Cameron<\/strong> concurs that she’s “concerned about the land deal, but I do look at that as a separate matter.” Still, given the lack of clear resolution, one feels the momentum slipping from Wynn’s grasp and toward Mohegan Sun<\/strong>, which appears likely to negotiate a surrounding-community agreement with Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suffolk Downs<\/strong> also figures in hearings held by the Supreme Judicial Court<\/strong>. Turns out that one jurist, Robert Cordy<\/strong> represented the track<\/a> … roughly 20 years ago, when Suffolk Downs was under different ownership and was trying to join forces with the Wampanoag Tribe<\/strong> to obtain a racino. However, rather than ask for a recusal, Cordy’s detractors are content to grumble\u00a0that\u00a0\u201ccasino money had infiltrated every branch of government.\u201d Anyway, being\u00a011,485 signatures short of qualifying for the November ballot, casino opponents have bigger fish to fry.<\/span><\/p>\n

* In Indiana<\/strong>, competition from neighboring states has gotten the attention of the Lege. It wants to keep casino revenue high, the casinos want lower taxes and cities want the same level of revenue as before<\/a> — which seems a mite unrealistic as Ohio<\/strong>, Michigan<\/strong> and Illinois<\/strong> continue to nibble away at the Hoosier State.<\/p>\n

* A smackdown was administered to the Culinary Union<\/strong> for using coercive tactics to try and keep a casino employee in the fold. According to the National Labor Relations Board<\/strong> verdict, Paris-Las Vegas<\/strong> employee Nani Sugianto<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cdetermined that she could reap the benefits of the collective bargaining agreement without paying any union dues.\u201d To ‘persuade’ her, the Culinary told Sugianto her actions “would be bad for her family”<\/a> and could result in demotion. This version of events was denied by the Culinary but\u00a0administrative law judge Dickie Montemayor<\/strong> wasn’t buying their story. Now the Culinary has to circulate a mea culpa<\/em> amongst all its members, by way of punishment.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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