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150 CALLED THEIR HOTLINE.
MAYOR ALEX MORSE SAYS HE'S
MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS TO
CONSIDER A CASINO IN HOLYOKE,
DESPITE THE BACKLASH HE RECEIVED
FROM CRITICS. 22NEWS TALKED TO
THE MAYOR TODAY ABOUT HIS
CONTROVERSIAL DECISION.
I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL MY
DECISIONS MIGHT NOT BE POPULAR.
HOLYOKE MAYOR ALEX MORSE IS
STANDING BY HIS DECISION TO
CONSIDER A CASINO PROPOSAL IN
HOLYOKE - DESPITE HIS ONCE
ANTI-CASINO PLATFORM AND PEOPLES
SHOCK TO THE FLIP-FLOP. HE TOLD
22NEWS THE PROPOSAL FOR A RESORT
CASINO AT MOUNTAIN PARK HAS
AMENITIES OUTSIDE OF THE CASINO
HE LIKES.
BE IT A CONVENTION CENTER,
DINING OPTIONS, A HOTEL,
PASSIVE RECREATION, SKIING,
HIKING, THINGS LIKE THAT A TRUE
DESTINATION OF WHAT MOUNTAIN
PARK USED TO BE AS ITS BEEN A
DESTINATION FOR OVER A CENTURY.
WHEN MORSE TOOK OFFICE, HE
REJECTED A PROPOSAL BY PAPER
CITY DEVELOPMENT TO BUILD A
RESORT CASINO AT WYKOFF COUNTRY
CLUB.
MORSE SAYS THERE WERE A NUMBER
OF THINGS THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE
ABOUT THE PAPER CITY DEVELOPMENT
PROPOSAL, FOR EXAMPLE, HE SAYS
THERE WERE NO PLANS FOR TRAFFIC
MITIGATION OR A TIE-IN TO
DOWNTOWN. HOWEVER HE DID SAY
HE'D SIT DOWN WITH THEM AGAIN IF
HE REVISED HIS PROPOSAL HERE TO
MEET HIS STANDARDS. 22NEWS
I-TEAM REPORTER RYAN WALSH
TRAVELED TO FLORIDA TO MEET WITH
PAPER CITY DEVELOPMENT PRESIDENT
JOE LASHINGER
WHO SAYS THEY WANT TO MEET WITH
THE MAYOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HE ALSO SAYS, THEIR PROPOSAL HAS
IT ALL.
WE'RE THE ONLY APPLICANT THAT
WOULD BE ON THE 91 NORTH SOUTH
CORRIDOR.
THE LAND MASS, THE EMENITIES,
THE RESERVOIR, THE SCENIC
MOUNTAIN MANY USES, I HEARD THE
MAYOR TALK ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF
RECREATIONAL USES, WE PUT THOSE
FORTH A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
MAYOR MORSE SAYS OVER THE NEXT