Archive for the ‘Casino Free Philadelphia’ Category
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Even the Inquirer recognizes Babette Josephs as an obstacle to reform. Not only will she be remembered for her Slots Casinos on the Delaware vote, and her pay raise vote, she will also be remembered for killing Redistricting Reform and slowing Open Records legislation.
When Democrats took over in Jan of 2007, ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
The southeast newspapers have not yet reported on this suit where League of Women Voters challenges now retired Chief Justice to explain role in slots-pay raise legislation. There is a good case to be made that the slots legislation violates Article III of the Constitution in three significant respects and ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
The CasinoFreePhila Global Strategies poll demonstrates the strong opposition to Philadelphia casinos on the Philadelphia Riverfront, so close to residential neighborhoods. And people have valid and demonstrable support for the opinions that the poll measured. There are Hidden Costs as CasinoFreePhila and Hallwatch have pointed out. See link for Dr. ...
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
This article, which was in the business section and should tell us something, is an article about the imperviousness of slots players to real world realities. The article offers some insights into the mind and thinking of the slots players in the players' own words. I am involved with Casino ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Net revenue losers for the city destroying social fabric of neighborhoods. Economically, the slots casinos are net revenue and job losers for the City of Philadelphia when fully costed. See PICA report below. These two slots casinos will be the only two casinos in the world in a first class city ...
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