Taj Rock Revisited

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In August 2017, we published a long story on the efforts by the Trump Organization to erase Donald Trump’s name from the Atlantic City casinos he once owned, an effort that began in 2014, when Donald was in negotiations with NBC over his reality TV show “Celebrity Apprentice.” At the time, Trump was concerned about the “appalling” (Donald’s word) conditions at the Trump Plaza and the impact those might have on his brand as a business guru, or something, so he sued to have his name removed from the property.

Talking To Trees

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“We’re gonna talk to them!” says Robert Preston, Atlantic City’s interim planning director, when I ask him how the city is going to make sure 45 young trees survive planting in Uptown Park. One of the side effects of being a city that is constantly in the cross hairs of some or other developer is that the city is a sort of mausoleum to dying and dead landscaping. The buildings go up, the trees go in, the ribbon is cut, and then everyone forgets about watering the plants. There’s probably a metaphor there somewhere.

Supermarkets, Sandy and #MeToo – Tuesday’s Roundup

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The sexual assault scandal in the Phil Murphy administration is spiraling quickly, seemingly. “Furious, disgusted,” said Sen. Teresa Ruiz, “and then empowered to have read the story of a survivor that lends her name and her face to how the system appears to have let her down in a very dramatic way.”

Worker Safety In Hotels

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Assemblymen Mazzeo (Vince) and Armato (John) are sponsoring a bill requiring hotels with at least 25 rooms to provide portable emergency contact devices or “panic buttons” to employees (i.e. housekeeping) to protect against inappropriate conduct by guests that make work conditions unsafe.

Excessive Force, Opioids, Dead Malls – Friday’s Roundup

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An Atlantic City police officer, Sterling Wheaten, was indicted for civil rights violations and filing a false report over the 2013 incident in which Wheaten put his K9 dog on David Castellani after Castellani had four other police on him and one hand in a handcuff, per the indictment.

The city has already paid $3 million over this incident.