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Alves, who heads Ward One, home of the city's highest concentration of registered Democrats and Portuguese immigrants (which often amounts to the same thing), said that New Bedford residents know Harshbarger only for his outspoken opposition to casino gambling and his extended battles with cigarette manufacturers...
...than 30 years you live in a nice house on a quiet street, and then one day there's a knock at the door. It's a man who informs you that your home is going to be bulldozed to make way for a roadway tunnel to a new casino. Sorry about that. But the owner of the casino wants to do the right thing and pay you to wake the kids, call the movers and start packing. Just sign right here, please...
...Bryants have grown more and more alone in voicing opposition in the year and a half since Mirage casino mogul Steve Wynn said he would build a Las Vegas-style extravaganza a mile from the Boardwalk in Atlantic City's Marina district. The women do have Donald Trump--that renowned champion of the little guy--on their team. How could so many politicians bend over backward to please an out-of-town money changer? asks the man who would be in direct competition with Wynn. Oh, the hypocrisy! But even Donald has been trumped. Seven of the 10 homeowners...
...will provide road improvements that were planned years ago and will make the neighborhood a better place. Mayor Whelan insists that other roadway routes would have displaced even more homeowners. He's sorry about Bryant Drive, but if Atlantic City doesn't take this next step--"Not just another casino, but an 'Oh, wow!' destination resort"--it will die. He says Circus Circus and Boyd Gaming may build next to Mirage's planned Le Jardin, which will resemble a gigantic terrarium...
...today wears its heritage from storefront to storefront: Krupp Florist, Schnuck's Grocery, Dueker Chiropractic. In this tidy community of Moose lodges and brick churches, even the gas stations are nicely landscaped. But look closer, and gambling seems to have sneaked in everywhere--and not just because the riverboat casino of East St. Louis is docked 14 miles away. The gambling rage has also come through the video-poker machines in the local taverns, bowling alleys and American Legion halls. Under Illinois law these establishments may install an innocuous version of the machines--one that allows the player to have...