Sunday, April 30, 2006

As reported by the Morning Call: "The odds of a casino coming to the Lehigh
Valley, the Poconos or both got better this week as opposition to a proposed
$650 million slots parlor, hotel and convention center in Limerick Township
intensified. "Township supervisors voted unanimously Thursday night to tell
the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board they oppose the slots parlor. Boyd
Gaming, one of the nation's largest gambling companies, proposed the casino
for a 125-acre site near the Limerick nuclear power plant.

"Officials in Allentown and Bethlehem, which are both potential host cities
for a new casino, said opposition in Limerick can only make a Lehigh Valley
slots parlor more likely.

"Six companies are competing for two licenses to build stand-alone casinos
outside Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Two casinos are proposed in the
Poconos, and one each is proposed in Allentown, Bethlehem, the Gettysburg
area and Limerick, Montgomery County.

".In their vote against the casino, the Limerick supervisors directed
community outreach consultant Mike Pincus to present their opposition to the
gaming board. The five supervisors did not say why they're against the
casino."