The meeting will include a presentation of the casino licensing process. It remains unclear whether any specific vote will take place.
Opinions have already started to divide Foxborough residents. A procasino group called Jobs for Foxboro says it is important to let residents hear all the facts about casinos and allow them to make their own decisions. Others supporting a grass-roots effort called No Foxboro Casino say the townspeople have voted against gambling in the past and should not have to wait for another vote to voice that opinion again.
Gray said he is concerned about Wynn and Kraft making a presentation on their plans for a casino to the selectmen in the coming weeks because that proposal is still developing. Any attention from town officials at this point, he said, could be viewed as validation of the proposal, even if it is vague or incomplete.
“This isn’t a [concrete] plan, this is a general sales pitch on the concept of gaming,’’ said Gray, who recommended that any such proposal be put directly before citizens and not town officials.
Jeff Cournoyer, a spokesman for the Kraft Group, said Kraft would probably have a representative at tonight’s meeting. The group has been working with Wynn Resorts to provide Foxborough town manager Kevin Paicos - who has said he is against gambling - with logistical information for the proposed casino presentation.
A Wynn Resorts spokesman could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Tensions in Foxborough surrounding the casino issue have increased in recent weeks, with residents packing town meetings as supporters on both sides of the issue held signs and occasionally booed one another.
Groups have even set up Web pages to voice their views and are also attracting supporters through social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter.
Over the weekend, a video posted to the No Foxboro Casino Facebook page took a veiled swipe at Kraft and Wynn as “snake oil’’ sellers with undue influence over “puppet’’ officials.
