At the very least, move the casino parking off the river
There are a lot of people in this city who are not giving up the fight against casinos. I’m one of them. But our political officials have given up. After kneeling by our side during the 2007 election (you can’t call what they did standing), City Council members and our Mayor have thrown in the towel. Badgered by a Governor intent on securing the most dubious part of his legacy, and a state legislature that wants to suck every possible dollar out of our fellow citizensāand hampered by the need for legislative approval for the tax increases we need to survive the recessionāMayor Nutter and City Council have given up the fight. We’ll fight on without them. But here is one thing I just don’t understand. If they won’t fight to keep the casinos out of Center City and the Delaware Waterfront, why won’t they at the very least fightā¦ Continue reading