At a Friday briefing on ­developers’ plans for managing traffic around a proposed Suffolk Downs casino, I felt a strong urge to jump up and kiss Chip ­Tuttle.

This was an unusual ­response for me. Although the track’s chief operating officer is a good guy, I’m not normally a huge fan of his work: For many reasons, I’ve long believed casinos are a bad idea, especially the way we’re doing them in Massachusetts.