Philly Casino Watch

Governor Ed Rendell said the following about the current council, “City Council with no guts that can be extorted by community groups.”

This is big news, and shows how the powers in Harrisburg are flexing their muscles in result of Mayor Nutter pulling the “riparian lands” license for the Sugar House Casino. Read about it in our post, Nutter Does Philly Right.

The Casino-Free Philadelphia Organization feels strongly about the recent developments, “Extorted by community groups? Give us break. We call it democracy, Rendell. It is not gutless to take leadership from the people. It does take guts to stand up to casino money. Rendell has his priorities screwed up.”

Northern Liberties resident Debbie King expressed her thoughts, “Who is the governor representing? Does he represent the people of Philadelphia or does he represent the special interests? If he represented the people, he would be looking at new locations for these casinos away from our neighborhoods.”

You can sign this petition in hopes of having Gov. Rendell retract his statements.

Sources:
casinofreephila.org
philly.metro.us