Long Beach Residents Approve New Casino

The Friendly City's residents have spoken and a thin majority of those voting said Tuesday they would be for casino gambling across from the harbor. The results were 2,179 to 1,801 in a non-binding referendum asking Long Beach residents to declare whether they were for or against gaming north of U.S. 90.

A majority voted for gaming in the referendum in all wards, too, said Allen Holder Jr., the alderman at large who proposed the referendum at a City Council meeting about two months ago. Levens has an option on one of the only sites where another casino could go and funded the advertising campaign that was pro-casino to the tune of about $60,000.

Additionally, his daughters set up a company shortly after Hurricane Katrina and through it gave money to the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce that eventually went on to fund the entire cost of the election. A survey of about 50 voters Tuesday afternoon revealed that this information had little to do with their preference.

June 28, 2006
Posted By Susan Torres
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