(1) Currently in debate in the Senate, the casino bill that just won't die. The area senators support it, but perhaps you could let them know their opinions are misguided.
http://gazettenet.com/2011/10/05/casino-in-valley-could-prove-039a-local-disaster039
"It is inconceivable that the short-term tax benefits of making a change
on this scale, which would provide a minimum of three destination
casinos throughout Massachusetts, can possibly be justified in terms of
their much greater social, economic, and environmental costs. That such a
creation could happen, quite literally, in our backyard, with no
community feedback or input, can only be described as horrifying."
http://www.malegislature.gov/People/CityList
(2) In happier news, I'm in an upcoming group show at Paper City:
