It’s a question now being asked in Revere, Mass., where residents on Tuesday will vote on a proposal to allow a $1.3 billion resort casino at Suffolk Downs, New England’s last thoroughbred racetrack, which straddles the city’s border with East Boston. “ ‘Is this going to be good for the community?’ ” “Those of us who work on economic development were kind of scratching our heads and saying, ‘Is this the right kind of development?’ ” said Andy Hamilton, chairman of the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce.
At first, business leaders had a healthy dose of Yankee skepticism over a proposal to bring casino gambling to this blue-collar burg of about 33,000 people, the third-largest city in Maine.
