Return to site

Casinos philadelphia

broken image
broken image

One of the protesters, Debbie Wei(ph), says Philadelphia's Chinatown has long been a target of developers and the community has only suffered from the experience. JAMILA TRINDLE: Dozens of protesters from Chinatown are gathered a few blocks south of Philadelphia's City Hall in a light snow hoping to catch the attention of the owner of a building developers want to transform into a casino. They say it's a fight for the life a community that's already lost too many fights to outside developers. They're fighting a Foxwood Casino slated to be built nearby. But many of Philadelphia's Chinatown residents are doing just that. So when a developer unveils a project that promises jobs and tax revenue, well, that's hard to resist. The city of Philadelphia is suffering billion dollar budget deficits and near double-digit unemployment.

broken image