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Opinion
ArchivedCRDA’s bad loan / $4 million wasted
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 12:01 am
The loss of $3.6 million in casino reinvestment funds to a bad loan for an Elizabeth housing complex is an outrageous, distressing story and - pardon the cynicism - a familiar one in New Jersey.
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Opinion
ArchivedCasino destination poll / By the numbers
Thursday, May 5, 2011 12:01 am
Is the complimentary cocktail glass half full or half empty?
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Opinion
ArchivedRevel tax appeal / Hold the criticism
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 12:01 am
Is Revel Entertainment Group "a bad corporate neighbor" for appealing its property-tax assessment in Atlantic City?
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Opinion
ArchivedCasino smoking regulations / Follow the rules
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 12:01 am
Folks who think Atlantic City casinos can regulate themselves must be dismayed by word of the sad job they are doing obeying the city's partial smoking ban.
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Opinion
ArchivedNew era in Atlantic City / All should benefit
Sunday, April 24, 2011 12:01 am
Yes, a new era has begun in Atlantic City. But in one way, what the resort also needs is a return to an old era - a time when everyone in the city acted with a unity of purpose.
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Opinion
ArchivedSale of Atlantic City International Airport / What’s the destination?
Monday, April 18, 2011 12:01 am
Before anyone gets too carried away with visions of a transformed Atlantic City International Airport lifting the region to new economic heights, here's a question: What's the flight plan?
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Opinion
ArchivedThe CRDA road show / So far, so good
Friday, April 15, 2011 12:01 am
Next week, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority will vote on a new map for the Atlantic City Tourism District.
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Opinion
ArchivedCasino regulations / Scary new world
Thursday, April 14, 2011 12:01 am
Ah, the nitty gritty.
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Opinion
ArchivedBader Field and Tourism District / What's the issue?
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 12:01 am
As with so much in Atlantic City, the opposition to Bader Field being included in the state-run Tourism District is a bit mystifying.
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Opinion
ArchivedCasino regulation and A.C. Tourism District/ Details needed
Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:01 am
Transitions are rarely seamless - particularly those involving something as complex as casino regulation or as difficult as creating an Atlantic City Tourism District. Still, the transition period following the Feb. 1 signing of the casino-deregulation and Tourism District bills has seemed particularly foggy when it comes to details.
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Opinion
ArchivedAtlantic City Boardwalk performers / Rewrite the law
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:01 am
From San Francisco to New Orleans to Boston, tourist draws have at least this in common: street performers. Some are very good, and some are just very quirky. But they all add up to the kind of vibrant, energizing mix of amusements that attract tourists and, yes, can attract crowds.
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Opinion
ArchivedInternet gambling / Inevitable, but do it right
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 12:01 am
Back in 2001, we called online gambling "bad public policy" - a view that made sense then but seems terribly quaint today.
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Opinion
ArchivedBader Field concert / Hit the right note
Friday, March 4, 2011 12:01 am
It's not quite Woodstock, but the three-day music festival that Atlantic City officials are bringing to Bader Field this summer could be huge for the resort.
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Opinion
ArchivedCasino deregulation savings / Woefully off base
Wednesday, March 2, 2011 12:01 am
During public debate over the casino-deregulation bill, casino savings from deregulation were generally estimated at about $20 million to $25 million - an amount that was supposed to go toward marketing Atlantic City and paying for infrastructure improvements in the Tourism District.
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News
ArchivedThe Revel news / One big 'Whew ...'
Sunday, February 20, 2011 12:01 am
"You can hear the sigh of relief that just went through all of Atlantic County."
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Opinion
ArchivedGuest column / Mayor Lorenzo Langford / Tourism District divides A.C. into separate, unequal parts
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 12:01 am
The hallmark of the South African system of apartheid was the doctrine of separate but unequal. It was a system where the dominant indigenous people of color were subjugated and controlled by an imperialistic white minority.
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Opinion
ArchivedGuest column / Deborah Howlett / Revel tax break's a loser for N.J. if other casinos close
Thursday, February 10, 2011 12:01 am
Last week, as he signed legislation aimed at revitalizing an ailing Atlantic City, Gov. Chris Christie stood in the unfinished lobby of the Revel casino and declared there would be a "new Atlantic City." The governor's signing of S11 and S12 came minutes after the New Jersey Economic Development Authority awarded the Revel casino project a $261.4 million Economic Redevelopment and Growth grant.
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Opinion
ArchivedWin for A.C.
Sunday, February 6, 2011 12:01 am
Gov. Chris Christie chose the atrium of the half-finished Revel casino hotel project to sign landmark legislation Tuesday designed to make Atlantic City a more vibrant destination resort.
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Opinion
ArchivedNew day in Atlantic City / Now get to work
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 12:01 am
And so ... time to get to work.
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Opinion
ArchivedAtlantic City Tourism District / Bigger, not smaller
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 12:01 am
We can't say we are surprised by Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford's opposition to the legislation creating a state-supervised Tourism District in the resort. Pitting the city's many impoverished residents against the city's tourism industry in general and the casino industry in particular is a time-honored tactic in Atlantic City politics.
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Opinion
ArchivedA.C. tourism bills / Plans become real
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 12:01 am
Nearly six months after Gov. Chris Christie stood on the Atlantic City Boardwalk and announced his plan for sweeping change in Atlantic City, lawmakers on Monday passed legislation that makes the plan a reality - and dramatically alters the regulatory and governmental climate of the resort.
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Opinion
ArchivedGuest column / Tony Marino / Casino megaresorts are modern Steel Piers - and are A.C.'s future
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:01 am
Nearly 33 years into the casino era, what is there in Atlantic City that remains unique? Gaming is everywhere these days. A number of towns along the Jersey shore have beaches and boardwalks. There are outlet malls and upscale shopping districts in or near all East Coast cities. Fine restaurants offering various culinary experiences abound in most large cities. Convention centers, night clubs and venues to stage live entertainment acts are also common.
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Opinion
ArchivedCasino deregulation / Don't belittle concerns
Sunday, December 26, 2010 12:01 am
Several current and former lawmakers and regulators are warning about the pace and potential effects of a bill that radically changes New Jersey's casino regulatory structure.
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Opinion
ArchivedAgain, horse racing in N.J. / Come on, it's over
Thursday, December 9, 2010 12:01 am
This has gotten absurd. If not bizarre.
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Opinion
ArchivedGuest column / Carl Zeitz / Bill doesn't 'reform' casino regulations -- it destroys them
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 12:01 am
The enactment of the Casino Control Act, following the November 1976 passage of the constitutional amendment that legalized casinos, was the result of a thorough, 18-month public review. Now, without warning, it is doomsday for casino regulation in New Jersey.
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