Archive for the ‘Foxwoods sucks’ Category

Steve Wynn pulls out of Foxwoods!

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

I thought this was so important that I had to write a post about, in addition to tweeting it.

Wynn Resorts announced that they were withdrawing from the proposed Foxwoods project in South Philly, which would be located within 500 feet of my front door. (See the stories on 6ABC, CBS3, NBC10, and the Inquirer.)

I think this is great news. And I hope it means that Foxwoods Philly is totally dead. Let them pull the license tomorrow.

I never wanted this thing nearby and I never thought it would have landed here in the first place, but I just underestimated the level of back-slapping and back-room dealing that goes on in this city. Not having it here is a good thing for me, my family, and this neighborhood.

Getting hosed by the PA Supreme Court again

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Once again, the PA Supreme Court shows why judges should be appointed and not elected. Once again, they have supported the casinos in their efforts to ram gambling down our throats. See the opinion (a PDF).

My “favorite” portion is: “On May 30, 2007, after PEDP spent months working with the City to craft a plan of development that addressed issues of concern to the City and to residents living near the Foxwoods site …” Silly me, I must not have been informed about those meetings. Living about 500 feet from where Foxwoods wants to go, I’m a bit interested. But, wait. The meetings were with the hopelessly corrupt but never indicted Street administration. Never mind.

This is not over.