Atlantic County Ups Spending On Drug-Abuse Recovery
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More of Atlantic County’s budget for treating substance abuse disorders will go toward recovery support services next year, according to a new request-for-proposals published on Friday.
Straub Flips Revel To Denver Investor Deifik
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The casino formerly known as the Revel is under a “notice of settlement agreement of sale” to AC Ocean Walk, which is controlled by Denver-based developer Bruce Deifik.
Calls to Deifik and a lawyer for Revel-owner Glenn Straub were not immediately returned. Deifik is backing TEN, which has been trying to reopen the Revel since last year.
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Nucky Would Be Proud, Voter Turnout, CHIP – Monday’s Roundup
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If you read one review of the Atlantic City and County election campaign shenanigans this season, make it this one by The Inquirer’s Amy Rosenberg: Why Atlantic City-area elections this year would make Nucky Johnson Proud. (Separately, we’re following up our weekend look at financial contributions to the NJ 2nd district’s campaigns with a look at expenditures and in-kind contributions. Stay tuned.)
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A Tale Of Two Campaign Machines In New Jersey’s Second District
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The Democrat and Republican machines vying for control of the Atlantic City area worked up until the last minute of the election, spending big and seeking more contributions in the third-most expensive race in the state this year.
More about: Government, Atlantic City, atlantic county, Brenda Taube, Chris Brown, Colin Bell, general election 2017, John Armato
Bar For Sale Near Future University Campus
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As the Stockton University and South Jersey Gas buildings have been rising a block away, there’s been some new interest in the closed bar on the corner of Harrisburg and Atlantic Aves in Atlantic City.
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Campaign $$$, Hard Rock $$$, Pipeline State- Wednesday’s Roundup
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The Inquirer’s Amy Rosenberg rode along with some private investigators hired by Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian’s campaign to look into the use of messenger ballots by Democrats in the city. The investigators found at least one person received $30 for signing for a messenger ballot in the name of a stranger and – instead of handing the ballot over to the named stranger (as required by law) – the person handed it over to Atlantic City Democratic activist Craig Callaway.
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Hard Rock Atlantic City Gets $400 Million Loan
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The Hard Rock Atlantic City Casino and Hotel has received a $400 million loan from its Florida-based parent, according to property documents.
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What Are Your Priorities For The Next NJ Governor? Help Us Build The “People’s Agenda”
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As part of Voting Block, a collaborative reporting project on the governor’s race involving 25 news organizations and dozens of neighbors, we want to know what your priorities are for the next governor. We’re creating a “people’s agenda” to send whoever wins the election on Nov. 7. And we need your help to build it. Tell us what you want the next governor to focus on during the first 100 days in office.
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Fix The Bulkhead On Your Way Out: Atlantic City’s Bungalow Park Addresses Next Governor
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The first thing the next governor of New Jersey should do is get out of Atlantic City, a group of city residents agreed at a recent dinner in Bungalow Park. The almost one-year-old takeover of the city, which came after years of state oversight failed to avert a fiscal crisis in the gambling resort, is deeply unpopular with residents. Not one of the 13 guests at our Voting Block gathering at the Back Bay Ale House thought the state should continue its oversight. Neighbors from Bungalow Park, a bayfront enclave of homeowners that has withstood Superstorm Sandy and AtlanticheCity’s many cycles of urban renewal and urban neglect, fear rising property taxes are threatening their community. And with the state in charge of the city government, they have even less of a platform from which to raise that issue – and others – than ever before.
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Voting Block Pleasantville: We’re Looking For A Leader
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New Jersey needs a leader in its next governor, someone who can help influence national politics and change rhetoric around major issues facing the state, agreed a group of Atlantic County residents last week.