September 8, 2006

All Aboard the Money Train!

Its election season, and as a result, we're seeing all sorts of political maneuvering. While this usually means more calls for gambling regulation, sometimes its a call for more gaming establishments. This particular idea sounds pretty darn cool: A train whose revenues would come from an onboard casino!

Independent gubernatorial candidate Barbara Merrill on Tuesday proposed a passenger train service between Portland and Montreal that would get part of its revenue from an onboard casino.
Merrill unveiled her plan for the "Maine to Montreal High Roller" at a news conference held on the back of a passenger train outside a renovated station in this midcoast city.

"It's time," she said, "to get Maine's economy off the branch line and onto the fast track" by completing a passenger rail link to Canada that can provide access to the rest of North America.

"Instead of being at the end of the line, Maine will be the connection between New York and Boston in the Northeast and Montreal and Toronto in Canada," Merrill said.

Read the whole story at Maine Today