Profits Rise, Everything Else is Falling Apart – Tuesday’s Roundup!

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Today’s big regional headline is a 22.5% increase in gross operating profit by Atlantic City’s casinos, which the A.P. calls “good news for the seaside gambling resort” and a “jackpot” for someone. Could have fooled me! Who are the six people left in Atlantic County who think casino profits still correlate with local happiness/security/contentment?

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He put the K. I. P. in Pic-a-Lilli

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As devoted customers of the Pic-a-Lilli Pub in Atlantic City, we are sad to report that Kip is leaving as the manager, according to a FB post of his last week. Sorry we missed it, but the kids were on vacation. Also, due to budgetary concerns, Route 40 has had less disposable income to drop on tails (hot) on Friday nights, so we haven’t been in there so much. Kip–whose actual name is Pickett Russell IV–is one of the descendants of Pickett Russell Sr., who founded the original Pic-a-Lilli in on Route 206 in Shamong in the 1920s, according to that place’s website. In his FB post, he said there were “no hard feelings” and he hoped we–all of us, truly–would continue to enjoy the Pic.

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3rd District Shenanigans, Doors, Liberty & Jersey Shore – Friday’s Roundup

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The New York Times profiled Andy Kim, the Democrat looking to unseat Tom MacArthur in the 3rd Congressional district. Meanwhile, MacArthur called Kim a cheater for owning a condo in D.C. and a few days ago, somebody suggested Kim was a communist.

Hard to tell what would hurt Kim more among the Pineys of Ocean County: actual evidence of a scandal or an endorsement from the New York Times.

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Gilliam Rising, ‘Involuntary Commitment’ and How to Stop a Predator Online – Tuesday’s Roundup!

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A New Jersey Superior Court Judge dismissed the criminal complaint against Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam over a $10,000 campaign donation he allegedly stole from the city Democratic Committee that, allegedly, had just worked to elect him a few months earlier. The whole thing was kind of weird, if you ask me. But it seems to be over. The mayor was holding a press conference as we typed. Elsewhere at the Press of AC, Nicole Leonard takes a dive into the important question of whether New Jersey should adopt an “involuntary-commitment” law that would allow people with an abuse disorder (to opioids mostly) to be sent into treatment against their will.

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Death Rates, Cleanup Costs and More – Monday’s Roundup!

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South Jerseyans are significantly less healthy than their North-Jersey counterparts and it’s correlated with poverty, Carla Astudillo reports. Cape May, Salem and Ocean Counties have the highest death rates in the state. Phil Murphy has annoyed the environmentalists who want to challenge in court the state’s $225 million settlement with ExxonMobil over its contamination of hundreds of acres of wetlands, AC Press alum Christian Hetrick reports. Originally the state wanted $8.9 billion, but Governor Christie agreed to the “much smaller amount” probably because he wanted to be president. Now the new A.G. is blocking attempts by environmentalists to appeal that settlement. David Danzis, the new reporter at the Press of AC, has a piece about nonprofits in the city that are currently “in limbo” as officials spar over how the MGM/Mirage Corp.

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