Casino-Free Press Releases
Amidst more than two dozen Philadelphians calling out “revoke, don’t rebid,” the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s enforcement arm today filed a complaint to revoke the license of Foxwoods casino in South Philadelphia. Despite its direct impact on citizens of Philadelphia, questions from the public were neither solicited nor accepted by the board.
Foxwoods will have 30 days to respond to the PGCB’s complaint, at which point additional hearings will be scheduled, from which public input will continue to be excluded.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 3, dozens of supporters members of Casino-Free Philadelphia will travel by on a bus to Harrisburg to present Steve Wynn and the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board with their views on Wynn’s proposal to build a casino in South Philadelphia. They will make it clear that Wynn’s proposal is no improvement, and even worse than the failed Foxwoods proposal.
Today, Judge Dugan found 13 anti-casino activists "not guilty" on charges of failure to disperse, disorderly conduct, and criminal conspiracy. The activists were arrested on Sept. 29, 2009, for demonstrating against casinos by lining the entrance to the SugarHouse casino construction site.
On Tuesday, thirteen activists for Casino-Free Philadelphia will be tried at the Criminal Justice Center, 13th and Filbert Streets, in connection with a Sept. 29, 2009, demonstration at the SugarHouse casino construction site. The trial is scheduled to begin 9:00 a.m. and is expected to end between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. Supporters will gather at Arch Street Methodist Church, at 55 North Broad Street, from 9:00 to 9:30 for a brief rally before proceeding to the court house.
Yesterday, Feb. 9, the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Philadelphia Research Initiative released an opinion poll showing support for casinos remains unchanged since April and opposition to casinos dropped from 41% to 34%; but they offer no explanation in the report. Casino-Free Philadelphia believes the poll most likely reflects polling error, and the massive amounts of money casinos have spent on public relations.
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