
With mayor aboard, casino idea rolls
Menino's backing developed slowly
On a warm Sunday in June, Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston mingled in the crowded Suffolk Downs grandstand for the racetrack's annual Hot Dog Safari, where families and guests fawned over animals at a petting zoo, thronged a cotton candy stand, and swarmed a vendor handing out thousands of hot dogs and sausages. (Full article: 2813 words)
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