Boston mayor objects to casino licensing process

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BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s administration has called on the state’s top gambling regulator to recuse himself from the casino licensing process in eastern Massachusetts.

In a strongly-worded letter submitted Thursday, the administration accused Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chairman Stephen Crosby of making several “prejudicial” statements critical of the city’s request to be declared a “host community” for proposed casinos in the nearby communities of Everett and Revere.

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