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Casino issues could weigh on small towns’ resources

By Mark Arsenault

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 19, 2012

While 700 people waited last month for Foxborough selectman to open debate on a $1 billion casino resort, the board took care of some other business - deciding whether a golden retriever in town needed to be restrained. Unpaid members of small town boards are facing unprecedented demands on top of their routine duties, calling into question whether volunteers are equipped to handle billion-dollar casino proposals pushed by some of the richest companies in the world.

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