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Taunton Loses Patience With Wampanoag Tribe [OPINION] The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, which has held up the development of a casino in the southeast region of the state for years, may face new problems. Taunton Mayor Shaunna O Connell says the tribe owes the city millions of dollars from a host agreement the two sides negotiated long before she became mayor years ago. O Connell told me on my Friday program that it s time the city took steps to collect the money. The casino was proposed for land just east of the former Silver City Galleria that once housed a small industrial park. The tribe obtained the property and began preparing for construction, before being granted authority by the federal government. The whole issue of whether the Mashpee would be recognized as a tribe, eligible to put land into federal trust for a casino, was still in the courts. While that issue appears to have been settled in the tribe s favor, at least for now, the project continues to face several other hurd

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