The New Jersey State Legislature has agreed to a new state government budget which has averted a complete and total shut-down of the State of New Jersey government. If a shut-down had occurred agents and inspectors of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission and the Division of Gaming Enforcement would have walked off the job forcing all 13 of the Atlantic City casinos to shut their doors until further notice.

See link below for a news report from News 12 New Jersey.

I for one am very relieved.... I would have hated to get all the way down to Atlantic City for the Borgata opening only to find that it had been canceled.

== Rick Schwarz R-5723 ==