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Casino mogul Wynn courts Foxborough

Wynn letter offers jobs with day care for town

Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn, in a letter sent over the weekend to Foxborough residents, is offering jobs - and dangling the promise of free daycare -- if they would accept construction of a casino resort in their town. The developer of some of the most prominent hotels and casinos on the Las Vegas strip, also promised to “listen to your concerns carefully and address them individually.’’ The letter arrived in Foxborough mailboxes yesterday.

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Comments

Sweetening the pot with a marketing pitch? What happened to 'if the people say no, we'll respect that?'

Still surprised to see Bob Kraft getting behind a casino proposal on his property. What would Myra think?

Imagine those small town hicks standing between these two powerful and something they want? Stand firm, Foxboro! Casinos were a very bad idea to begin with, and will wreck Foxboro if it goes thru.