· Step right this way, sir, for in this tent we have a shocking exhibit of Tom Ferrick’s fading relevance as he tries to take a contrarian viewpoint — a la Noel Weyrich, that jackass from PhillyMag whose sole job it is to make readers feel OK about whichever strain of the ol’ xenophobia is acting up that day — and comes off instead as a casino apologist. We’d love to know this dude’s zip code. [Inky]
· Meanwhile, Philadelphia Park Casino just got its permanent license to bilk Bensalem mouth-breathers now and forevermore. Not to be that guy, but hey, they kinda deserve it. Philistines! [PBJ]
· The Tropicana’s out of Atlantic City, but that’s not the company’s only woe: Parent corp Columbia-Sussex also has “critical” levels of health code violations at its Sheraton Philadelphia City Center location. Sorry, ma, forgot to take out the trash! [Inky]
· And lastly, watch good ol’ — and by “good ol’,” we mean weirder by the minute — Vince Fumo continue play both sides of the casino issue, like we all are morons and somehow cannot see what he’s doing. It’s this kind of old-world gumption and stick-to-it-ive-ness that got dude nominated for that Golden Duke award. [DN/TalkingPointsMemo]

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 20th, 2007 at 1:28 pm.