City Council candidates on casino gambling

Michael Pahre compiles and analyzes the positions of at-large candidates on the issue, which might become a local one should Suffolk Downs become one of the finalists for a casino license (or even just try again to get slots).

Meanwhile, Dan Kennedy writes it's a good thing Jack Welch never got far with his proposal to buy the Globe, since one of his partners was a part owner of Suffolk Downs:

... How would you have liked the Globe to be reporting on a casino bid involving one of its co-publishers? Ugh.