Well, it seems as if Foxwoods resorts is still trying to build a casino just a few blocks from my house. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??? They want to build a casino in a residential neighborhood. I know you've probably heard many times, "You know what's good for a thriving, historical community? A CASINO! Just make sure to build it 2 BLOCKS FROM PEOPLES HOMES."
I wrote a letter to these casino fuckwoods this evening. I am so worked up about it that as great as Thanksgiving was, Aunt Maryann's and then my mom's, I had to send it out tonight. Honestly, and I can barely think about this because it makes me physically sick, having a casino so close will diminish our quality of life so much that it's possible that we would have to move. Hence the letter below, written at midnight as Black Friday was beginning.
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To Gary D. Armentrout, Nelson N. Parker, II and James L. Dougherty,
I am a South Philadelphia resident writing to you to let you know how much the South Philadelphia community strenuously opposes Foxwoods building a casino at Columbus and Reed. I live approximately 13 blocks from the proposed site and my mother and sister live 9 blocks from the proposed site.
As you must know, every neighborhood group in South Philadelphia has come out against the proposed building of a Foxwoods casino at Columbus Blvd. and Reed St. Queen Village Neighbors Association; Pennsport Civic Association; Passyunk Square Civic Association; Bella Vista United Civic Association; Whitman Council; Hawthorne Empowerment Coalition; and Headhouse Square Special Services District are all opposed to the building of a casino in our community. That's just the tip of the iceberg, because neighbors who are not active in community issues are also strongly opposed to the building of a casino in South Philadelphia. We are unified in our opposition to Foxwoods coming into our community.
Take a look at this South Philly Review article about one of the many protests we have had against against Foxwoods...
http://www.southphillyreview.com/view_article.php?id=4504&highlight=foxwoods
I am not writing to list the problems that a casino would create, you most certainly know them. It is certain that a building a casino at Columbus and Reed would, at best, significantly decrease our quality of life and our property values and, at worst, completely destroy our community. You are proposing a building a business that will, as you say on your website, cause "an increase in crime, if not crime rates, due to the anticipated vast increase in visitors."
I hope you reconsider your plans for the South Philadelphia Foxwoods site, because South Philadelphians will stop it from being built. We don't want it here. And, you can be sure that if you intend to build, we will use a number of methods to disrupt and stop the building of your unwanted business.
Sincerely,
Zoe Strauss
James L. Dougherty, jdougherty@mptn-nsn.gov
Nelson N. Parker, II, nparker@corporatestl.com
Gary D. Armentrout, garmentrout@corporatestl.com