HI ARCHIE ... I AM NOT RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF LAS VEGAS .... BELIEVE ME I AM DOWNTOWN AND WE HAVE SEVERE PROBLEMS HERE AS WELL... MY COMMENTS WERE POINTED AT THE LOCAL & STATE AGENCIES IN NEW JERSEY / A.C. WHO HAD A GOLDEN GOOSE BACK IN 1978 ... THEY REGULATED AND SQUEZZED CASINO OPERATORS AND OTHER TOURIST RELATED BUSINESS'S TO THE POINT THEY COULD NOT TURN A PROFIT OR THE COST OF ENTRY WAS SO HIGH AND TONS OF RED TAPE. LAS VEGAS HAS HAD AT LEAST 50 CASINOS COME AND GO ... BUT MOST WERE REPLACED WITH BIGGER AND BETTER FACILITIES. I WAS THERE OPENING DAY IN THE CASINO BUSINESS. ATLANTIC CITY DID NOT EXPAND THE AIRPORT FOR DAILY & INTL FLIGHTS ... THEY CLOSED BADER FIELD, THEY DID NOT EXPAND THE PORT OF A.C. GARDNIERS BASIN ... THEY LET THE PIERS GO TO HELL ... THEY NEVER MAKE A.C. A DESTINATION ... JUST DAY TRIPPERS FOR THE MOST PART. NO OUTLET MALLS, NO SEWORLD, NO UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, NO FAMILY ATTRACTIONS ETC. THEY ALLOWED CT. & FOXWOODS TO BECOME A BIG COMPETITIOR ... AS WELL AS PENN & DE NOW.

I STILL HAVE FAMILY IN BRIGATINE AND MAYS LANDING IN THE GAMING BUSINESS AND BELIEVE ME THEY ARE ALL SCARED. I AM MAD AS HELL AT THE CASINO CONTROL COMMISION AND LOCAL GOVERMENTS ... FOR KILLING WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN. ATLANTIC CITY HAS TO RE-INVENT ITSELF ONCE AGAIN ... AS THE QUEEN!