BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Alcohol ads may be banned from MBTA trains and buses, at a cost of $1.5 million, but ads for casino gambling are still a sure bet for Massachusetts. "I don't think it's hypocritical at all," Governor Deval Patrick tells FOX 25's Sharman Sacchetti. Governor Patrick supports the move to ban alcohol ads from the MBTA, even though it comes at a time when the state is looking to you for more money to help the debt ridden agency. Several public meetings on fare hikes are being held across the state. The governor says banning alcohol ads is all about public health. FOX 25 asked Governor Patrick what the difference was between alcohol ads and ads for casino gambling. "Well the one difference is we've struck a balance as you know with expanded gambling with a tremendous amount of investment on how we protect the public from some of the harm that comes with expanded gaming,” says the governor.
Well for once I actually don't mind that smarmy bastard lying right through his teeth to the media. The guy obviously knows its hypocritical, anyone with half a brain knows that, but the MBTA is flat broke and banning every type of advertising that may lead to degenerative addictions is no way to solve that problem.
