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Posted At : October 3, 2008 11:44 AM | Posted By : D McKee
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When Foxwoods proved willing to relocate its Philadelphia slot parlor to a new locale, the public posture of SugarHouse remained one of intransigence. However, there's been some backing and filling going on behind the scenes, culminating in design revisions. These would include a parking garage that's not so obtrusive. A Penn Praxis study commissioned by the city -- but boycotted by Foxwoods and SugarHouse alike -- faulted both projects' design for being too much like suburban shopping malls.
The SugarHouse compromise was brokered in a Denver hotel room during the Democratic convention, when Mayor Michael Nutter, Gov. Ed Rendell and Pittsburgh casino savior (and heavyweight Democratic donor) Neil Bluhm all oh so coincidentally happened to be the Mile-High City. Isn't it remarkably serendipitous how casino policy is made in Pennsylvania?
Grapes of Wrath, The Sequel. I'm thinking Gov. Sarah Palin got a bum rap for saying we're headed toward a reprise of the Great Depression. After all, I grew up hearing about Okie migrants and the Dust Bowl, watching The Plow That Broke the Plains, and yet thinking it would never, could never happen again.
Then I stumbled across this heartbreaking story about a tent city in Reno. (Actually, Ian Sutton found it.) And not just any tent city, but one run by the city itself. A job as a casino night porter gets one unfortunate couple out of the shantytown, but there doubtless are others coming to take their place. If we're not having a communal John Steinbeck flashback, maybe we should.
Slacker Uprising. Finally, something upon which both admirers and detractors of filmmaker Michael Moore can agree: His latest movie is surprisingly mundane.
The bailout. It's a done deal. Its passage was eased by the promise of additional market reforms somewhere down the road. Given the ferment for (to borrow an overused word) change, across the political spectrum, it would be better for the country if Congress struck now, while the iron is hot. Four months is a political eternity and congressional leaders will probably have lapsed back into their customary torpor by January. Congressional willpower, after all, is oxymoronic.
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