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Protestors gathered outside a news conference held by Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse in which he expressed support for a resort casino site in the city.

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VIDEO: Protestors at Morse news conference

Updated: Monday, 26 Nov 2012, 11:37 AM EST
Published : Monday, 26 Nov 2012, 11:14 AM EST

  • Anthony Fay

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) - A group of protestors gathered outside Mayor Alex Morse’s office at Holyoke City Hall, as the mayor discussed plans for a resort casino at Mountain Park.

Morse’s news conference was punctuated at times with the shouts of protestors, unhappy with the mayor who ran on an anti-casino platform in 2011.

One demonstrator called the Mayor a “coward,” while another yelled that he is “disappointed” in Morse.

Morse says that he is still opposed to casino gambling in principle, but it will become a reality in western Massachusetts, and that a downtown Springfield site would have a “severe” impact on Holyoke’s businesses.

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