Round One Goes to the Casinos

Philadelphia’s City Council was attempting to stop the casinos from coming into their city. There are two casinos planned for the city, one in Fishtown and the other in South Philly. They were putting an anti-casino referendum on the May 15th ballot, when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued an injunction against the city.

The Gaming Board has been fighting the city, and by winning this round, they have angered many within the city itself. The residents don’t want the casinos near schools, churches, etc, plus they find that the places that the state has approved for the casinos are already traffic snarled and the addition of more traffic would just make them unbearable.

The court said very little except for the fact that they had sided with the Gaming Control Board. They also said that they wanted lawyers from both sides to get them their legal briefs by April 27th. This seems that the court would be pushing to make a speedy decision before May 15th.

Both sides feel that the injunction means that the residents and city council of Philadelphia will not win in the end. They say that it is government at work at its finest, and that the people’s voice has one again not been heard or counted. Opponents say that it is obvious that the state is just looking to make money, and that they don’t care about their residents at all.



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