BREEDING ADDICTION!

Bill Kearney

Massachusetts ‘GAMING’ Future

Another example of how casinos ‘BREED’ their patrons into compulsive gambling degenerate who become criminals.

Bucks County Courier - Jul 1, 2014 - Bristol Twp. woman sentenced for taking stepson's inheritance
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Eleanor Leistrum, of Bristol Township, is accused of stealing her stepson's inheritance and blowing it at a Bensalem casino.

A Bristol Township woman was sentenced to at least six months in prison Monday for forging her stepson’s signature on a $150,000 insurance check after her husband died.

Eleanor Leistrum, 48, pleaded guilty in February to theft by unlawful taking. Prosecutors alleged that Leistrum spent the money at Parx Casino in Bensalem, but during her sentencing hearing Monday, Leistrum and her attorney, Jeffrey Solar, denied the money was spent on gambling.

Leistrum said she spent the money on improvements to the family home with her stepson’s agreement. However, Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Finley doubted her claims.

“I don’t find what you told me here today entirely believable,” Finley said, questioning why she would forge her stepson’s signature if he agreed to remodeling the family home.

Stepson Angelo Popovsky was 16 when his father died. He had no idea his father had left him any money until an acquaintance of Leistrum mentioned the inheritance.

Police said they discovered that in 2012 the insurance company issued a check to Leistrum after she opened an account in her and her stepson’s name. She then moved the money into her own account.

Finley ordered Leistrum to serve six to 23 months in prison. Solar said his client paid the balance of the stolen money back to the victim.

http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/local/bristol-twp-woman-sentenced-for-taking-stepson-s-inheritance/article_e2eae9eb-bd0b-5806-af68-f47f96344bd6.html

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Parx fighting for lower property taxes.....

Parx [Greenwood] is salivating to invade Raynham, Massachusetts.

Bill Kearney

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Massachusetts ‘GAMING’ Future

Notice how they mention Parx Casino’s huge charitable donations, but what they’re not mentioning is those donations are coming from Pennsylvanians casino losses. ...

Philadelphia Inquirer - DECEMBER 4, 2013 - Parx Casino is fighting for lower property tax

The owners of Parx Casino, known for huge charitable donations, are fighting for a lower property-tax bill in Bensalem Township and have paid their property taxes under protest for the last three years.

The Bensalem Township School District said last month in a bond-offering document that Parx, including the race track, was by far the largest taxpayer in the township, accounting for 8.4 percent of school district assessments.

The total assessment for Parx, which is owned by Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment Inc., is $54.1 million. That translates into a market value of $426.8 million and an annual property tax bill of $10.1 million, according to the tax rate for 2013 published on Bensalem Township's web site.

The dispute centers on a 411-acre parcel that Greenwood bought for $56.9 million in 1990, according to a court document.

After Greenwood built Parx Casino, the Bucks County Board of Assessment Appeals increased the assessment of the property to $42.7 million from $11.8 million, a court filing says. After an initial appeal, the board of assessment dropped the assessment slightly, to $40.5 million in 2011.

That's when Greenwood subsidiaries Keystone Turf Club Inc. and Bensalem Racing Association Inc. appealed to the Court of Common Pleas. The companies argued in their 2011 lawsuit that the contested property's assessment should be $30.3 million. That would cut the company's annual real-estate tax by about $1.9 million, or about 19 percent, a year.

The Bensalem Township School District said in its bond prospectus that it expected the Parx tax appeal to be resolved in the next 18 months.

 Carrie Nork Minelli, spokeswoman for Parx, said the company does not comment on matters in litigation.

Parx retains ill-gotten gains......

Bill Kearney

Bucks County Courier Times - December 4, 2013 - Cops: Bristol woman gambled $100K from stepson's inheritance

After initially denying she forged her stepson’s signature on a $150,000 insurance check, a Bristol Township woman claimed her stepson gave her permission to sign his name, a Bensalem detective testified Wednesday.

Detective Stephen Clark testified that 48-year-old Eleanor Leistrum also told him she gambled away more than $100,000 of the inheritance at Parx casino in Bensalem.

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Parx, Bensalem Coming to Raynham

This is the partner seeking a Slot Barn in Raynham, Massachusetts....

Bill Kearney

Massachusetts ‘Gaming’ Future

Bucks County Courier Times - October 28, 2013 - Cops: Man who claimed he lost at Parx tried taking $40K back

More proof that casinos ‘BREED’ compulsive casino gambling degenerates who become criminals....

A 27-year-old New York City man, who claims he lost “a lot” of money at the Bensalem casino allegedly tried to steal more than $40,000 worth of gaming chips from a blackjack table.

Pennsylvania State Police said Parx security managed to force Radik Pinkhasov, of Queens, to drop the 18 chips he stole out of a dealer’s rack.

Witnesses told police Pinkhasov was hanging around the high-limit table around 10:45 a.m., but not playing. Instead he was sitting at the table making “rude and vulgar” statements to other players, according to a probable cause affidavit.

The dealer said Pinkhasov kept repeating he’d lost a lot of money at the casino and made “disturbing and non-general threatening statements,” the affidavit said.

Suddenly, Pinkhasov made a move toward the dealer and his chip rack and managed to snag the chips worth $43,575, police said. A security officer quickly intervened and forced Pinkhasov to drop the chips.

Surveillance footage shows Pinkhasov lunge forward out of his seat and begin grabbing chips out of the tray, police said. The dealer tried to push his hands. That is when a security officer grabbed the suspect’s right hand containing the chips.

Pinkhasov was arraigned Monday before Bensalem District Judge Joseph Falcone on charges of robbery, theft, receiving stolen property and disorderly conduct. He was sent to Bucks County prison in lieu of 10 percent of $100,000 bail.

http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/crime/cops-man-who-claimed-he-lost-at-parx-tried-taking/article_3b1c095c-4074-5ba3-a475-ad6af6586707.html#user-comment-areaSee More

 

PARX, King of Child Abandonment, is coming to Raynham, Massachusetts!

Bill Kearney

Massachusetts ‘Gaming’ Future

Bucks County Courier Times - October 21, 2013 - Brooklyn man charged with leaving kids in car while gambling

A New York man is facing child endangerment charges after Bensalem police say he left his two children in his minivan for nearly two hours while he went gambling....

Bensalem police arrested Yu Long Ye, 37, of Brooklyn, after responding to a report of two small children alone in a car in the parking lot of the Parx casino on Street Road in Bensalem Saturday night around 10:30 p.m.

 Casino security directed police to a 2011 Toyota Sienna where the children — 8 and 11 year-old siblings — were lying in the rear storage compartment, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Police located Ye inside the casino and when he was asked where his children were, he responded they were in the car asleep, police said.

 An investigation found that another casino customer had reported seeing the children in the car to casino security around 9 p.m. — a half hour after Ye entered the casino — but security couldn’t immediately locate the children, police said.

Ye was arraigned Sunday on two counts of endangering the welfare of children, and sent to Bucks County prison in lieu of 10 percent of $10,000 bail. Court documents did not indicate what happened to the children.

http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/communities/bensalem/brooklyn-man-charged-with-leaving-kids-in-car-while-gambling/article_3d91aa85-35ef-546c-8243-f82e86eaa8dd.html#user-comment-areaSee More

Phony Promises Never Materialize!

Bill Kearney

Massachusetts ‘GAMING’ Future

Property tax relief was our pro-casino lawmakers’ number one selling point to legalizing casino gambling.

Back in 2004 Gov. Rendell promised Pennsylvania residents that the approval of casino gambling would bring major property tax relief. ...

Bucks County Courier Times - September 18, 2013 12:00 - Tax relief gamble hasn't paid off

When casino gambling was passed by our state Legislature, its purpose was to lower property taxes.
We were lied to -- again.

The impact fees are a farce. For example, how are Morrisville, Middletown, Hulmeville, Bristol Township, and the rest of Bucks County impacted by traffic and related nuisances generated by PARX casino in Bensalem? Are we in constant traffic jams, bothered by casino lights and noise? No!

Meanwhile, even Bensalem residents continue to suffer from escalating property taxes. What happened to the property tax relief?

Our county and local governments beat taxpayers to the casino money feeding troth via those impact fees. Elderly couples who haven't had kids in school for 40-50 years are still paying the escalating school taxes. Many will be cold in the winter, forgo food and medicine to pay these taxes. Many will lose the home they toiled a lifetime to pay for to a tax sale.

How much sadder can the tax situation get?

Charles Boyer

Levittown

Parx: Breeding Gambling Addiction

Parx has partnered with George Carney to bring their brand of Gambling Addiction to Raynham, Massachusetts. This is the face of your new neighbor!

Bill KearneyGambling Action Group

More proof that casinos ‘BREED’ compulsive casino gambling degenerates who become criminals.

Bucks County Courier - September 10, 2013 - Cops: Philadelphia man arrested after slashing 59 chairs at Bensalem casino

Some people do strange things when they gamble. A 28-year-old Philadelphia man allegedly slashed nearly 60 chairs at a Bensalem casino last week, Pennsylvania State Police said....

Surveillance cameras at Parx casino on Street Road on Thursday captured Carlos Urena gambling at several slot machines. The footage also showed him slashing 59 of the slot machine chairs with a razor, according to a probable cause affidavit.

The casino estimated the damage at $4,425, police said.

On Monday, police say that Urena was seen in the casino shortly before 3 p.m. and employees notified state police who arrested him. Urena spoke with police and admitted to slashing the chairs, police said. Court documents do not say why Urena slashed the chairs.

Urena was arraigned Monday before Bristol Township District Judge Joanne Kline on a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief and sent to Bucks County prison in lieu of 10 percent of $25,000 bail.

The Ecuador native also has a detainer with the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, according to Kline’s court.
http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/communities/cops-philadelphia-man-arrested-after-slashing-chairs-at-bensalem-casino/article_acf1c6e3-5dfc-5b87-94bd-bde8a308c47f.html

 

 

 

 

 

Another Crime at Parx

This took place at the highly successful PARX Slot Barn, the partner of the proposed Raynham Slot Barn that bragged their patrons live within 20 miles, visit 3-5 times a week.

FROM:

Bill Kearney

Once again another wonderful night out at your local casino! This story not only makes you aware of the criminal element lurking in casinos, it also gives you an idea of the kind of money people are wasting on this so called entertainment venue. When’s the last time you took out $500 cash for a little gambling action?

Bucks County Courier Times - July 30, 2013 - State police: Philadelphia man loses gamble over stolen wallet

The woman told state troopers that she had just taken $500 out of her wallet before putting it into her purse, which sat on an empty chair next to her at the blackjack table. After playing for a while, she reached into her purse and realized her $700 Burberry wallet was gone, according to an affidavit of probable cause.
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Casino surveillance footage showed Massi at the blackjack table standing behind the woman and reaching into her purse and stealing her wallet, court documents show. He immediately left the casino with the wallet, police said.

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Another Child Left in Car At PARX

Gambling Addicts abandon reality!

Bill Kearney

Massachusetts ‘Gaming’ Future

Bucks County Courier Times - July 9, 2013 - Dad accused of leaving son in hot car at Parx

A Philadelphia man allegedly left his 18-month-old son inside a car where the temperature was above 88 degrees so he could play blackjack at Parx casino in Bensalem on Saturday.
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Bensalem police say the boy was alone, screaming and “sweating profusely” when they found him inside a gray Lexus parked about 300 feet from the doors to the casino, which is on Street Road.

Police were called to the casino parking lot shortly after 9 p.m., when the temperature outside was 88 degrees with 62 percent humidity.

“Officers on scene described the interior of the vehicle to be hotter than the exterior temperature,” according to a affidavit of probable cause.

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Casinos ‘BREED’ compulsive gambling degenerates who become criminals.

Bill Kearney

Massachusetts ‘Gaming’ Future

Casinos ‘BREED’ compulsive gambling degenerates who become criminals.

Bucks County Courier Times - March 8, 2013 - Bristol woman headed to trial, charged with stealing nearly $300K from estate
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A Bristol woman is headed to trial, accused of stealing nearly $300,000 from the estate of a former friend and spending it at casinos in Bensalem and Atlantic City.

Cecilia Sarachilli, 52, of Spring Street allegedly used her financial knowledge to divert money from the trust accounts, as well as take out a line of credit on her friend’s home and use credit cards in her late friend’s name.

Read more: http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/courier_times_news/bristol-woman-headed-to-trial-charged-with-stealing-nearly-k/article_d255a845-ba36-5bd3-bdcf-74842339dfdf.htmlSee More

 

 

 

In a brief court appearance Thursday, Sarachilli waived charges of forgery, theft, receiving stolen property and related offenses to Bucks County Court. She remains free after posting 10 percent of her $100,000 bail.

Bensalem police started investigating Sarachilli after one of the estate’s beneficiaries filed a complaint alleging she was using some of the trust money for her personal use.

The late Renate Aversano had a will drawn up in June 2008 that named Sarachilli, a friend and former banker, as her power of attorney and trust executor. A close friend, two relatives and two charities were named as Aversano’s beneficiaries.

Six months later, Sarachilli placed Aversano in an assisted living center paid for by trust assets. She lived there until her death in June 2011.

As of February 2009, Aversano’s investments were worth $648,000, not including her home, which was valued at about $300,000, but as of April 2012, the account balance dropped to $33,297, according to police. Police also learned that Aversano’s home — which had been paid for in full — was in mortgage default.

Sarachilli refused to provide police and the beneficiaries with bank documents, financial statements and copies of checks distributed from the trust. Police obtained a search warrant to collect the trust’s financial records between January 2008 and June 2012.

The records showed $280,358 was withdrawn from the accounts, according to court documents. Sarachilli voluntarily removed herself as executor in November after the beneficiaries filed a petition in Bucks County Orphan’s Court.

 

Parx: Oh, my!

Parx can't keep children safe in Pennsylvania and can't wait to invade Massachusetts!
Let's just pretend.........

Bill Kearney

Massachusetts ‘Gaming’ Future

Casinos ‘BREED’ compulsive casino gambling degenerates who become criminals.

Bucks County Courier Times - March 5, 2013 - New Jersey woman charged in two robberies at Bensalem casino eight days apart
... A New Jersey woman faces robbery charges after a casino surveillance system captured her allegedly stealing a purse, one week after she allegedly committed another robbery at the same casino.

Pennsylvania State Police say on Feb. 27 Cynthia Pisko, 55, of Haddonfield, grabbed the purse off the arm of a woman playing slot machines at the Parx casino in Bensalem.

Casino surveillance shows Pisko sitting behind the victim watching her play the machines shortly before 3 a.m. Pisko then gets up and walks around the bank of slot machines where the woman is playing, comes up behind her, grabs her purse and runs, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Read more: http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/bensalem/new-jersey-woman-charged-in-two-robberies-at-bensalem-casino/article_c8fd5f79-0cb0-54d7-b1bc-0fdc5a31b55d.htmlSee More

 

 

 

A New Jersey woman faces robbery charges after a casino surveillance system captured her allegedly stealing a purse, one week after she allegedly committed another robbery at the same casino.
Pennsylvania State Police say on Feb. 27 Cynthia Pisko, 55, of Haddonfield, grabbed the purse off the arm of a woman playing slot machines at the Parx casino in Bensalem.
Casino surveillance shows Pisko sitting behind the victim watching her play the machines shortly before 3 a.m. Pisko then gets up and walks around the bank of slot machines where the woman is playing, comes up behind her, grabs her purse and runs, according to a probable cause affidavit.

The woman chased after her, while yelling for help, prompting Pisko to drop the purse, police said.

When the woman caught up with the suspect, she grabbed the purse Pisko was carrying, police said. Pisko said the purse was not the woman’s and that she had dropped her purse.

Pisko is then seen on video trying to leave the casino at the West exit. Casino security stops her and then lets her go.
But after the woman provided a description of Pisko, police discovered that the suspect was wearing the same jacket she wore during the course of another alleged robbery. Pisko was charged in that incident on Feb. 25.

The earlier robbery took place Feb. 19 when Pisko allegedly ripped a $281.66 voucher out of the hand of a woman playing slots at Parx. On that visit, police say that Pisko arrived at the casino and inserted her players’ card into a slot machine.

About 10 minutes later, two women arrived at the casino and started playing slot machines. One of the women moved from machine to machine, each time cashing out her voucher, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Shortly after the women arrived, Pisko is seen on surveillance watching one of the women at nearby slot machine. When the victim starts to walk away, Pisko approaches the woman from behind and rips the voucher out of her hand and runs toward the exit, according to the affidavit.

The victim was physically unable to chase Pisko, police said, but she stopped another woman and told her what happened. That woman chased Pisko but lost her.

At about 11:15 p.m. Pisko cashed out the voucher and left the casino, police said.

Pisko was arraigned Thursday before Bensalem District Judge Joseph Falcone on charges of robbery by force, theft, receiving stolen property in each of the incidents. She was released after posting 10 percent of $70,000 bail.

Drug Dealer At Parx

Bill Kearney

Imagine that drug dealers in casinos.

Bucks County Courier Times - February 28, 2013 - Man jailed on drug charges

BENSALEM — A Newtown man who claimed he didn't make much money was jailed Wednesday on charges he sold Oxycodone to police for $1,000.
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Court documents show Eric J. Moffatt, 41, of Swamp Road, allegedly sold 50 30-mg pills to undercover police Wednesday in the parking lot of Parx Casino at 5:45 p.m.

Police went there with $1,000 in pre-recorded money. When police arrested Moffatt, they found a backpack with used needles, heroin bags, spoon and tin cans, all consistent with drug use, police said.

He was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Police learned Moffatt, a self-employed general contractor, had two outstanding warrants, one each in Bucks County and Philadelphia. He told District Judge Daniel Baranoski he is on parole for an unrelated matter.

Baranoski sent Moffatt to Bucks County prison in lieu of 10 percent of $75,000 bail.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/bensalem/man-jailed-on-drug-charges/article_cb393083-4aab-50c7-81fc-65d8d7b61ac3.htmlSee More

The increased crime coming to Massachusetts....

why would you think Massachusetts is different?

Bill Kearney

Massachusetts ‘Gaming’ Future

Casinos ‘BREED’ compulsive casino gambling degenerates who will become criminals.

Bucks County Courier Times - February 21, 2013 - Police: Brooklyn man charged in $55K Parx casino chip caper
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After allegedly stealing 11 chips worth $5,000 each out of a blackjack dealer’s tray, a New York man told the Parx Casino dealer not to tell anyone.

David Joel Blatt told the dealer he was “desperate,” according to police.

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After allegedly stealing 11 chips worth $5,000 each out of a blackjack dealer’s tray, a New York man told the Parx Casino dealer not to tell anyone.

David Joel Blatt told the dealer he was “desperate,” according to police.
The Brooklyn man, who turned 41 Wednesday, turned himself in, along with the $55,000 in casino chips, Tuesday evening, several hours after state police say he took the chips from the high-limit blackjack table at Parx.

Pennsylvania State Police say the theft was filmed on casino surveillance video shortly before 3:30 p.m. The footage showed Blatt, a Parx regular, taking gaming chips out of the tray in front of the dealer, according to a probable cause affidavit. He then left the casino in a waiting car, police said.

After identifying Blatt as the man seen in the surveillance video taking the chips, police called his last listed cellphone number. He answered and told police he knew what they wanted to talk about and he wanted to work out a possible deal with police or the casino.

Blatt agreed to return to the casino, where he was met outside and returned the 11 gaming chips, police said. After he was taken into state police custody, Blatt didn’t discuss why he took the chips, according to police.

“However, he did mention that ‘his mind was mush,’ ” according to the affidavit.

Blatt was arrested and arraigned before Bensalem District Judge Leonard Brown late Tuesday on 11 counts each of theft and receiving stolen property. He was sent to Bucks County prison in lieu of 10 percent of $75,000 bail.

 

 

 

 

Addict Steals From Friends

Bill Kearney

Massachusetts ‘Gaming’ Future

Bucks County Courier Times - Jan 13, 2013 - Bristol woman charged with defrauding estate of nearly $300K

A Bristol woman who once worked as a banker is accused of stealing nearly $300,000 from the estate of a former longtime friend over three years and spending it at casinos in Bensalem and Atlantic City.
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Cecilia Sarachilli, 52, of Spring Street, allegedly used her financial knowledge to divert money from the trust accounts, as well as taking out a line of credit on her friend’s home and using credit cards in the name of her late friend.

Read more: http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/courier_times_news/bristol-woman-charged-with-defrauding-estate-of-nearly-k/article_953cca04-a941-5954-af1d-c4de76f40f70.htmlSee More

Senior Missing from Parx

Bill Kearney

Massachusetts ‘Gaming’ Future

Here’s what sad about this story. Go to any casino in our country and you will see seniors like this man gambling excessively, and wandering around the casino. You could take a senior in a wheelchair, with oxygen tank attached, a priest next to them giving them their last rights, and as long as they have enough money to put into a slot machine or buy-in at a table game, they could gamble till they drop. And while that’s happening not one casino operator, employee, or casino control board employee whose station in the casino will intervene.

Philadelphia Inquirer - January 5, 2013 - Bensalem police searching for man missing from casino

Police are searching for an 82-year-old man who went missing early Saturday morning from the Parx Casino in Bensalem.

Dominick Paparella, from West Windsor Township in N.J.'s Mercer County, suffers from dementia and was last seen at the casino before 5 a.m. Saturday, after being driven there by his wife. police said.

Paparella's wife was inside the casino when he apparently took the vehicle, a 2001 silver Infiniti I30 with license plate KUK66X. Paparella was last seen driving the car, though he has not driven in over a year.

Paparella is "unaware of locations," police said, and may have traveled outside the tri-state area in an attempt to return to N.J.

 Anyone with information is asked to call Bensalem Police at (215) 633-3700, or contact their local police department.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130105_Bensalem_police_searching_for_man_missing_from_casino.htmlSee More

Raynham Parl submits application for Slot Barn

Raynham Park owner submits application with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission for slots

Raynham Park owner partners with casino in Pennsylvania

GateHouse News Service

Raynham Park owner George Carney

By Alice C. Elwell

enterprise correspondent

Posted Dec 20, 2012

RAYNHAM —

George L. Carney Jr., owner of Raynham Park, rolled the dice Wednesday and submitted an application with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to bring slots to the defunct dog track.
Carney said he did not pay the entire $400,000 application fee and has until Jan. 15 to make the final payment.

Carney also announced he is partnering with the Pennsylvania gaming house Parx Casino & Racing.
According to Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations, Robert W. Green is the principal of the Bensalem, Pa., casino.

Prior to regulations enacted governing slot parlors, Carney believed he could open a slot parlor within two months if granted a license. With the comprehensive regulations now in place that require a minimum investment of $125 million, Carney said, “It’s a whole new ball game.”

He said it would take longer to renovate Raynham Park and did not estimate a timeframe for opening.
“It will be a whole lot more than a slot parlor, if permitted,” promised Carney earlier this week.

The MGC voted to fast-track the single slot license it can issue, and Chairman Stephen Crosby estimated it could be issued by January 2013, while casino licenses won’t be issued until February 2014.

Carney says the longstanding track has an ace in the hole, it’s been in the gambling business for 75 years, is located at the crossroads of Interstate 495 and Route 24 as well as a stop on the future Southcoast Rail.

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Too good to last

From: Bill Kearney

Massachusetts ‘GAMING’ Future

Bucks County Courier Times - October 18, 2012 - Too good to last

I was disappointed in hearing the homeowners of Bensalem will only be getting $100 this year as part of Parx Casino's rebate given to the township.

Being naive I went to the township building for an explanation. The finance department gave me a bunch of gobbledygook and a nice tap dance as to why we are only getting $100. And next year we will get a big fat nothing.

But then again, the $300 was too good to be true and we all knew it would not last.

I guess that we should be happy that Parx is the highest grossing casino in Pennsylvania or we would be giving $300 a year back to the township.

Thanks again, council members, for once again looking out for the taxpaying homeowners of Bensalem. You should all get a horse's behind salute for your work on our behalf.

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Where is the money from Parx Casino?

There is no Wizard. The streets aren't paved with gold. And the promises were lies.
One only needed to look at Atlantic City to see the lies.

 

Where is the money from Parx Casino?
Posted: Thursday, August 30, 2012

For the last few years, homeowners in Bensalem have received a yearly check of $250 for being the host to the casino on Street Road.

Now, I realize that $250 is not a lot of money to the Republican town fathers and our multimillionaire mayor, but to many local citizens, it is important. Today, with high food prices in the supermarkets, gas pushing $4, local school taxes due Aug. 31 and a 8.3 percent unemployment rate, it was a little help that we counted on receiving.

But this year, it just never came, with no explanation to the residents either in the paper or by letter from our mayor to date. Now, I am a reasonable man, but I think that we are entitled to an explanation of what happened to the money. All these funds are public money, and now it is time for a public audit of these funds for the last few years by a reputable auditing firm not connected to the township. We are entitled to know the total amount received and a complete breakdown of the disbursement of all of the money received from the casino.

For years, I have heard rumors of a very large rainy day fund, sort of a piggy bank to hide money in until it is used. Is that where our money is hidden?

I am requesting this paper and whatever state official should be doing oversight of the residents' money to conduct an audit of the Parx Casino funds for the last three years. I am not inferring fraud at this time, but aren't we allowed under the Sunshine Law to know where the money is?

David Joseph

Bensalem

http://www.phillyburbs.com/my_town/bensalem/where-is-the-money-from-parx-casino/article_746dca4c-a0aa-5c4b-87ef-e969ea90fe5c.html






Gov. Rendell To 60 Minutes: “You’re Simpletons!”
January 7, 2011

In a clip provided by “60 Minutes,” Rendell barks through clenched teeth as he becomes frustrated during his interview with Stahl.

RENDELL: “You guys don’t get that!”

STAHL: “I do get it.”
 
RENDELL: “You’re simpletons! You’re idiots if you don’t get that!”


http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/01/07/gov-rendell-to-60-minutes-youre-simpletons/