Mayor Walsh rips casino process as biased

Walsh called for the people who selected the commissioners — Governor Deval Patrick, Attorney General Martha Coakley, and Treasurer Steve Grossman — to step in and take action against the board, which is in the middle of deliberations over granting the Greater Boston resort casino license.

“I think we need intervention from the people who appointed them,” said Walsh, who sent a letter to the commission Thursday outlining his grievances. “They’ve clearly gone beyond their duty.”

Walsh’s criticism came two days after a Wynn Resorts casino proposal for Everett emerged with stronger overall grades in the commission’s ranking system, jeopardizing a lucrative compensation deal Walsh negotiated with the rival proposal by Mohegan Sun in Revere. Walsh could not reach a compensation deal with Wynn and then refused to participate in arbitration hearings, leaving the city’s compensation from the Wynn project in the hands of the commission. Boston would probably be compensated far less if Wynn earns the license.

Despite his clear disdain for how he said Wynn handled negotiations, Walsh insisted that he did not care which project prevailed; he said that he was concerned with ensuring that Boston is treated fairly.