Unsatisfying casino ruling

Posted: April 11, 2008

THE state Supreme Court has ordered the city to grant zoning to Foxwoods.

The court said Foxwoods "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." This statement is based on a bald-faced lie.

One of the main issues of concern, yet to be addressed, is the social and economic cost of having a casino in the neighborhood.

We have asked Gov. Rendell to do his homework by defining the economic and social costs associated with casinos. So far he has only parroted in the press the suspect figures on the benefits supplied by the casino industry.

Ramona Johnson, Philadelphia

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