\u00a0<\/strong>Prior to the St. Peter’s College forum, Guardian dropped a bombshell when he revealed that City Hall would be closed at the end of business on April 8 through to at least May 2, due to the city’s dire finances. Employees will not be paid during the closure.<\/p>\nOnly essential services like the police and fire departments will remain operating as normal. Guardian said his offices would reopen for business ahead of the next quarterly due date for tax payments.<\/p>\n
Christie and State Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-District 3) are pushing legislation to bail out Atlantic City and pay its $240 million debate and $33.5 million budget shortfall. But in exchange, Christie and Sweeney want full control of the city’s finances, something Guardian and other local politicians are fighting.<\/p>\n
Instead, the Atlantic City mayor argues the state already owes the city tens of millions of dollars from tax overpayments made as its economy gradually slid throughout the past decade.<\/p>\n
Land-based gambling is a contentious and messy situation in New Jersey right now, and perhaps the best bet is to finally have the residents weigh in with their two cents.<\/p>\n
Ironically, in the same week, Amaya’s brand new Pokerstarsnj, the online poker site that has finally launched in the Garden State, is off to quite a promising start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian (R) is warning residents across the state that a vote to authorize two casinos in northern New Jersey is a vote for prostitution and crime. Understandably against his city losing its longstanding monopoly on gambling in the Garden State, Guardian is cautioning citizens, especially those residing in counties most likely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":34571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,10,13,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Atlantic City Mayor Warns North Jersey Residents: Prostitution and Crime Comes with Casinos<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n