Campaign Updates

Bankrupting Steve Wynn

On Wednesday, we confronted Vegas con man Steve Wynn with a simple message: We will ruin your company and run you out of town.

Wynn told the Philadelphia Daily News that this was the first time he'd ever had ordinary citizens confront him publicly about predatory gambling in a hearing. Thank you to the dozens of people who traveled with us to all who donated so generously.

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Join 'ethnicities of all stripes' in Harrisburg
Casino-Free Philadelphia's first road trip to Harrisburg in 2006

Vegas billionaire Steve Wynn says he's excited to come to South Philly, because he "love[s] being only two blocks away from a Vietnamese neighborhood" and his "old friends -- the Italians and Jews," along with "every conceivable stripe of ethnic  group."

The excitement wasn't shared by the Philadelphia Inquirer, which wrote this morning that "Wynn's vision for the Foxwoods site is further confirmation that casino gambling in Philadelphia will be a down-market industry, preying mostly on the poor and elderly who can least afford it."

Please join us on Wednesday, March 3, on the bus to Harrisburg, where we'll confront Steve Wynn with the truth that Philadelphians -- of all stripes -- don't want his predatory casino anywhere in our city.

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Foxwoods is dead. Join us in Harrisburg!
Foxwoods lost their game of chance

Foxwoods is now dead. Take a moment and recall how many times you were told to give up by Governor Rendell, Senator Fumo, Councilman DiCicco, Mayor Nutter, and the rest of them. Think about how hard we've worked over the last years to kill Foxwoods; and now it's dead.

This predatory project has been delayed so long that Foxwoods has dropped out. The local investors are back to square one, and we've learned that we can win.

Now let's redouble our efforts and derail the proposed Wynn casino by going to Harrisburg, where we'll mark another victory by giving the fake-tanned face of predatory gambling a welcome he'll never forget.

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You won today
The verdict: Not guilty. The result: Continuing pressure on casinos to leave!

Earlier today, you and your entire city got some good news. Fourteen of its citizens, arrested in September for blocking the entrance to the SugarHouse construction site, were acquitted of all charges. Watch the video from Fox 29.

The judge dismissed the case. As a result, all Philadelphians should feel empowered to work for a more transparent, democratic and sustainable future, even when political forces are stacked against them.

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An open letter to Philly politicians
Philadelphia's premier civic leaders on trial

Dear Philadelphia politicians,

We cordially invite you to attend the criminal trial of Philadelphia’s premier civic leaders, today at 10:00 AM at the Criminal Justice Center, 13th & Filbert Streets.

We are thirteen of Philadelphia’s most honorable citizens – including two ministers, five teachers and professors, several grandparents and one great grandparent, a union organizer, and several entrepreneurs – who stood up to protect our community from the pernicious affects of the slots parlors that you are foisting on our great city.

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