House Speaker Robert DeLeo — a Suffolk Downs supporter — is now calling on Mohegan Sun to play nice in mitigation negotiations with his native Winthrop, after angry town officials gave state gaming commissioners an earful over what they claim was a breach of confidentiality by the casino developer.
"Speaker DeLeo believes the initial mitigation offer made by the proponents of the Suffolk Downs casino is unacceptable," DeLeo spokesman Seth Gitell said. "He calls on Mohegan Sun to go back to the table with Winthrop."
Winthrop is negotiating a surrounding community deal with Mohegan. Four Winthrop town councilors and the town's lawyer appeared before the commission last night to complain Mohegan is not addressing traffic problems its casino would create. They said Mohegan acted in bad faith when the developer cc'd DeLeo and other officials on a letter denying the town's request for $5 million in "unspecified annual mitigation."
"When Mohegan Sun made public a private negotiation, an egregious violation of the Gaming Act, they spit in your face, commissioners," Winthrop councilor Richard Boyajian said. Criticizing the decision to allow a second vote on a Suffolk Downs casino after East Boston rejected it, he added, "This would be called bullying except that Mohegan appears to be the teacher's pet."
Boyajian said the town is "looking into what legal options we have about them violating regulations."
Mohegan Sun CEO Mitchell Etess said negotiations with Winthrop have been "very tough," but insisted the company did not commit a breach.
"We were able to negotiate eight surrounding community agreements ... their demands for their mitigation exceeded the sum of all of the other totals," Etess said. "I certainly don't want them to feel embarrassed that their demands were out there, but we didn't violate any confidentiality."
Mohegan officials said Winthrop originally sought a $16 million impact payment from the casino, and that the company recently offered the town $745,000.
Commissioner James McHugh said the commission needs to investigate Winthrop's complaints.
The commission also heard from Mohegan supporters touting its jobs potential, and Eastie voters who object to the second Revere vote that kept the proposal alive.
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