Casino-Free News: February 2010

Foxwoods is dead. Join us in Harrisburg!
Foxwoods lost their game of chance

Foxwoods is now dead. Take a moment and recall how many times you were told to give up by Governor Rendell, Senator Fumo, Councilman DiCicco, Mayor Nutter, and the rest of them. Think about how hard we've worked over the last years to kill Foxwoods; and now it's dead.

This predatory project has been delayed so long that Foxwoods has dropped out. The local investors are back to square one, and we've learned that we can win.

Now let's redouble our efforts and derail the proposed Wynn casino by going to Harrisburg, where we'll mark another victory by giving the fake-tanned face of predatory gambling a welcome he'll never forget.

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You won today
The verdict: Not guilty. The result: Continuing pressure on casinos to leave!

Earlier today, you and your entire city got some good news. Fourteen of its citizens, arrested in September for blocking the entrance to the SugarHouse construction site, were acquitted of all charges. Watch the video from Fox 29.

The judge dismissed the case. As a result, all Philadelphians should feel empowered to work for a more transparent, democratic and sustainable future, even when political forces are stacked against them.

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An open letter to Philly politicians
Philadelphia's premier civic leaders on trial

Dear Philadelphia politicians,

We cordially invite you to attend the criminal trial of Philadelphia’s premier civic leaders, today at 10:00 AM at the Criminal Justice Center, 13th & Filbert Streets.

We are thirteen of Philadelphia’s most honorable citizens – including two ministers, five teachers and professors, several grandparents and one great grandparent, a union organizer, and several entrepreneurs – who stood up to protect our community from the pernicious affects of the slots parlors that you are foisting on our great city.

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Help us put casinos on trial tomorrow
Predatory gambling has no place in Philly!

Tomorrow is the day. Please join us for a rally and march at 9:00 AM tomorrow, when two dozen of your neighbors will be in a Philadelphia criminal court, talking about why they put their bodies on the line to keep predatory gambling out of our city.

Help honor these fourteen individuals with a donation to the ongoing work of Casino-Free Philadelphia.

Tomorrow we will put casinos on trial. We anticipate a good media presence, so we hope you can be a part of this historic rally and march.

On Trial for a Casino-Free City: Tuesday, Feb. 16, 9:00 AM (court starts at 10:00)

Meet at the Arch Street United Methodist Church, SE corner of Broad & Arch Streets, Philadelphia

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Supporting our freedom
Philadelphians standing in the way of predatory casinos

As you know, fourteen of us will be going on trial next week for a casino-free Philly.

Defending ourselves in court is a huge undertaking and we must raise money for our legal defense.

Please support those going on trial and all of our ongoing work for a casino-free city by making a contribution

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