Top Casino Gambling Opponents Protest Foxwoods Facility

Approximately 200 people stood in traffic and protested the development of Foxwoods Casino, a proposed gambling casino whose fate is up to the Pennsylvania State Gaming Control Board.

Development plans call for two casino slots parlors in Philadelphia. Five applicants are in the running: SugarHouse Casino, Pinnacle Entertainment, Riverwalk Casino, a Trump casino, and of course, Foxwoods Casino. Two of these 5 casinos will be approved.

Protesters rallied heavily today against the proposed Foxwoods casino gambling facility. The people cheered when organizers told them they had the power to stop the project. The first rally against Foxwoods was back in May and had over 500 protestors out.

"Foxwoods is the worst of the five casino gambling sites being considered", said Ed Kranepool.

Kranepool urged supporters to call into talk radio stations, write letters to Gov. Rendell, and contact legislators to voice their objections. Advocates of the casinos have said they will bring vitalization, jobs and improved roads.

The location of the proposed Foxwoods site is a vacant, weed-choked lot along the Deleware River surrounded by a barbed-wire fence.

September 12, 2006
Posted By Susan Torres
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