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Proposed Massachusetts Casinos
Dan D'Alma, President of the Pioneer Valley Building Trades Council, said recently: "Casino gaming legislation would allow for a proposed casino in Palmer, MA to be built across from the Massachusetts Turnpike at Exit 8. The casino would create thousands of jobs and the private capital ready and waiting for investment in both the construction and operation of the Palmer casino and others elsewhere in the state would provide a much needed large-scale stimulus for the Commonwealth and its residents."
D'Alma added that "upwards of three billion dollars of private economic stimulus, not taxpayer-funded stimulus, would be injected into the state's economy through the construction of these projects. This would create good jobs with health care and retirement benefits."
D'Alma continued, "Massachusetts would receive tens of millions of dollars in gaming licenses, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars in annual tax revenue."
D'Alma stressed that Western Massachusetts should not be excluded from legislation that would allow for Destination Resort Casinos. Massachusetts needs to act fast to avoid losing valuable revenue should bordering states of Rhode Island and New Hampshire build casinos.
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Trivia Contest
Answers to last month's questions:
Q: Which ancient author wrote 'Ten Books of Architecture', a work that contained the principles followed by Renaissance architects?
A: Vitruvius - he was a Roman architect who lived in the 1st century BC. He was born in Campania. 'The Ten Books of Architecture' is a treatise in Latin and it is the only surviving major book on this discipline from the time of the classical antiquity.
Q: Who was the first architect since antiquity to use the classical orders Doric, Ionic and Corinthian in an appropriate manner?
A: Brunelleschi - the style of Brunelleschi may appear simple but it rests on an underlying system of proportion. One of his friends was Donatello, a famous Florentine artist. Bruneleschi was interested in many fields of science - maths, engineering, clockworks.
Congratulations to Tavis Frankel of Goldman Reindorf Architects for being the first to answer both correctly.
This month's questions:
The first to answer both correctly will receive a $20 gift card to Lands End. Send answers to drubino@costpro.net
1) Rome's monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, near the forum, has been the object of much ridicule. Which of the following is NOT a nickname attributed to this edifice?
a) the wedding cake
b) false teeth
c) the typewriter
d) the accordion
2) The General Electric building in New York City has appropriately been nicknamed what?
a) the domino
b) the slab
c) the soapstone
d) the crackerjack box
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