Wall Street Journal says 'shouldering into Philadelphia may prove to be the American casino industry's Waterloo'

On Jan. 1, Casino-Free Philadelphia was profiled in the Wall Street Journal:

"Late last month, at a house in West Philadelphia, there was a party that had little to do with the holidays. More than 100 members of Casino-Free Philadelphia observed the group's second anniversary with live folk music, food and the sale of T-shirts that read 'We the People Reject Casinos in Our City.' They were able to commemorate success in keeping casinos out of Philadelphia despite the fact that two huge gambling operators desperately want to locate there."

The article goes on to note that the current economic downturn is "devastating" the casino industry, reinforcing growing public opposition to increased gambling establishments. "In locale after locale, citizens are realizing that they were snookered by politicians' promises that casinos would provide a problem-free explosion in jobs and income from tourism," the Journal notes. Read the whole article.