UMass researcher places his bet with casinos
The Herald reports an "objective" UMass professor who kept coming up with pro-gambling arguments that kept getting used by the governor, is now in the pay of a group pushing for a casino in New Hampshire.
"It's really not much," Barrow said of the amount he’s getting paid.
nice scoop. heh.
I gotta wonder if Fitzgerald read the Dig's muckraking story two years back about Clyde Barrow, his controversial research methodology and his various conflicts of interest.
http://www.weeklydig.com/news-opinions/feature/200709/big-blind
I'm kinda biased. We started this story on my watch as managing editor, and my wife co-wrote it. But I think it's a must-read for anybody interested in the casino issue in Massachusetts. The Globe should've been doing stuff like this from day one.