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Friday, May 9, 2008
Supreme Court Denies City Council On Foxwoods -- Again
Foxwood's proposed South Philly casino

The state Supreme Court this afternoon shot down City Council's last-ditch effort to stall construction of Foxwoods, a controversial casino proposed for the Delaware riverfront in South Philly.  The court on April 2 ruled that Council had improperly blocked efforts by Foxwoods to get zoning changes needed to start construction.  The court ordered the city to change the zoning and to turn over to Foxwoods gas and water rights-of-way under Reed and Dickinson streets.

Attorneys for City Council hung their hopes on those rights-of-way, telling the court on April 16 that the 2004 law that legalized casinos prohibits the taking of city-owned property for a casino project.  Mayor Nutter's administration, through the city Law Department, on April 30 agreed with Council, telling the court it shouldn't "cede control and authority and decision-making" to Foxwoods for property the casino doesn't own.

The court today refused to consider its ruling, denying Council's request to re-argue the case.  The order hasn't been posted as of now on the court's web page but it is listed in the case's docket.

Posted by Chris Brennan @ 5:26 PM  Permalink | 9 comments
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Posted by STEVE5444 04:51 AM, 05/10/2008
Maybe the judges should move to the Delaware river waterfront right next to the casino and let them see the traffic and hear the noise.. FIRE THEM ALL.
Posted by truthbetold 11:06 AM, 05/10/2008
Great now lets get going. The greater northeast dealt with the franklin mills mall, and all the trashy people it brought into the neighborhood. Its your turn, south philly and fishtown. Stop the NOT IN MY NEIGHBOHOOD attitude and let it proceed.
Posted by SJ 04:05 PM, 05/10/2008
Bring back Dan Gross. This Clout stuff is for the pigeons.
Posted by SJ 07:25 PM, 05/10/2008
BORING. We want Alycia.
Posted by ww2buff 11:23 PM, 05/10/2008
All i hear is moaning that there isn't enough money for the support of the schools and to build new prisons. Now there is a chance to receive a steady revenue stream and the city puts up obstacles. Like Delaware Avenue is a county road ---are you kidding?
Posted by Dexter 12:53 AM, 05/11/2008
As corrupt as Phila officals are, and their City Council I have to wonder if the real problem is the amount of their individual kickbacks.
Posted by rbpeeple 11:07 AM, 05/11/2008
Well, the ruling is no suprise from the Supreme Court ruled this way...as Justice McCaffrey accepted $200,000 from Johnny Doc's union for his election campaign. 10% of his state-wide funds. And to the person who lives near the Franklin Mills...seems like you want the filth, traffic, crime, and scumbags spread throughout the city. If it's in your neighborhood....why not Fishtown and South Philly? Amazing mentality you have.
Posted by didderbops 06:41 PM, 05/11/2008
Let's support schools and new prisons by casino gambling, where we fleece people's money with the pipe dream of getting rich through one lucky throw of the dice or spin of the wheel. Meanwhile, new taxes that might distribute accomplish the same thing are shot down by frothing at the mouth Republicans. Casinos are taxes for people who can't do math.
Posted by lane103 08:30 AM, 05/12/2008
Casinos should never have been approved. How many casinos can this country support. I predict 20 years from now we will tearing them down for redevelopment because the business wasn't there.
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About Chris Brennan and Catherine Lucey
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Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999. He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.

Catherine Lucey joined the Daily News in 2002. Since then she has written about murderous drug gangs, political protesters and Harry Potter. For the past two years, she covered the 2007 mayoral election. Now that the battle is over, she has moved down to the City Hall bureau where she will report on the Nutter administration.

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