Boo-hoo

Boston Globe: "Casino vote is a blow to labor"

It was a dramatic moment that captured the anger Haynes and other union leaders felt about the House position on casinos - and their inability to affect it. When the House voted a few minutes later, just 46 members supported the bill, a top union priority for the thousands of jobs casinos would bring. Afterward, House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi crowed over labor's defeat, praising House members for withstanding "incredible pressure" from unions.

Heaven forbid if the Bay State unions didn't have a new Big Dig to siphon off piles of cash.