Voice of the People - 2004-01-02
With reference to the Dec. 29 editorial, "West Atlantic City/Vision needed":

I have only a single-word response - imagination.

Where is the imagination that brought Atlantic City back from the verge of disaster when the voters approved casinos?

Who in the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority lacks the imagination to bring West Atlantic City back from the brink of seedy motels in what has become a slum area?
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More space, less stress - 2004-01-02
The casino corridor attracted its usual crowd of roughly 50,000 on New Year's Eve, but this year revelers could breathe a little easier because there was more space to party in California.

Law enforcement officers created the room by moving a barricade from its normal spot near the Stateline to Park Avenue. There was still a crush between Harveys and Harrah's, but people could escape the squeeze if they wished, and that made things safer.

"It was far more mellow than in the past," said El Dorado County sheriff's Sgt. Don Atkinson. "Getting into the crowd was much easier. We could set up and move more freely to the problem site."
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