Is Marty right to bunker down?

A day after the state Gaming Commission suggested Boston was "abandoning" Charlestown, neighborhood residents were split yesterday on whether Mayor Martin J. Walsh did the right thing by breaking off talks with Wynn Resorts about how much money the city should get to cope with the company's proposed Everett casino.

"The mayor is not abandoning Charlestown residents. He was a strong ally in arguing for Charlestown to be considered a host community. ... The commission rejected that," said James Matsoukas, who has lived in Charlestown for three years. "There's just so much the mayor can do to negotiate deals that give the city some compensation, when the party he is dealing with is not forthcoming, not approaching the situation in good faith and making a public offer far below what the project requires. What the mayor is saying implicitly is that a decision has already been made."

The offer Wynn made — but Walsh rejected — called for $6 million in one-time payments and $2.6 million annually, compared to the $30 million upfront and minimum annual $18 million pledged to Boston by Mohegan Sun — Wynn's rival for the sole-Boston-area casino license — for a casino on the Revere side of Suffolk Downs.

But Evelyn Addante said she is "incredulous" that Walsh has ceded all dealings with Wynn over to the commission without telling it what the city wants.

"I believe the traffic impacts and safety implications are so important that the mayor should not have missed an opportunity to provide an estimate of the cost of providing road improvements that would ameliorate these impacts," said Addante, 64.

In an email, Walsh spokeswoman Melina Schuler said: "Wynn failed to provide critical information to the city ... We're confident the commission will not have the same issue accessing information from Wynn and expect it will be able to properly assess the project impacts and award Charlestown an appropriate mitigation package."

On Thursday, the commission said it would have its staff continue to urge Boston to negotiate with Wynn and, if that fails, it may appoint someone to serve as the city's advocate.

Its license deliberations will begin Sept. 8, and the commission hopes to make a licensing decision on Sept. 12.