BOSTON — Plans for a casino in Everett face a new roadblock after both Somerville and Boston sued to block the Wynn Resorts project on the shores of the Mystic River, claiming that the developer failed to adequately address environmental impacts, particularly traffic congestion it is likely to cause in Charlestown and Somerville.
Both cities sued a unit of Las Vegas-based Wynn over the process to obtain the environmental permits needed to build the $1.7 billion gambling resort. Somerville also named the state Gaming Commission as a defendant, saying the board issued a license for the casino without following proper procedures with respect to the environmental consequences.
While we were watching TV, learning social media, worrying about the economy and reading romance novels, the sexual sewer pipe broke and has flooded the cultural landscape. Today, it is all but impossible to escape the media's in-your-face erotic images, news of scandals, and survey reports of the latest perversions.
What was once a private area of human life, limited by religious and social strictures, has burst its bounds. What was once a sensitive topic to be carefully introduced to the young by parents, has broken away and is now a subject in which even young kids are well-versed. What was once the subject of juicy rumors about the "fast kids" at school is now all out there on YouTube, magazines and even mainstream movies.
