Local politicians said Friday that credible sources have told them Trump Plaza employees will receive federally required notices next week that the casino may close in September.
“I’ve been angry and depressed about it all day,” state Sen. Jim Whelan, D-Atlantic, said of the prospect of an additional 1,000 casino workers losing their jobs.
About 2,100 Showboat
employees would lose their jobs if that casino shutters Aug. 31 as
planned. And about 3,100 employees at the bankrupt Revel Casino Hotel
could lose their jobs by Sept. 1 if they can’t find a buyer.
“This is potentially overwhelming,” Whelan said. “More than 6,000 people would be out of work. That’s a depression.
”State Assemblyman Chris Brown, R-Atlantic, said: “If this is true, I cannot even begin to imagine how difficult it must be for all of the dedicated employees and what they and their families are going through right now. Rest assured, I will continue to stand right alongside with them and do my best to make sure the casinos and the state keep their commitments, just as these hard-working men and women have kept their commitment.”
Entire article at
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/alerts_breaking/state-senator-trump-plaza-next-to-close/article_2132f406-094f-11e4-bb4a-001a4bcf887a.html
Trump Plaza closing confirmed by owners
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/trump-plaza-owners-confirm-plan-to-close-in-september/article_65a7e44a-09d4-11e4-81ef-001a4bcf887a.html
”State Assemblyman Chris Brown, R-Atlantic, said: “If this is true, I cannot even begin to imagine how difficult it must be for all of the dedicated employees and what they and their families are going through right now. Rest assured, I will continue to stand right alongside with them and do my best to make sure the casinos and the state keep their commitments, just as these hard-working men and women have kept their commitment.”
Entire article at
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/alerts_breaking/state-senator-trump-plaza-next-to-close/article_2132f406-094f-11e4-bb4a-001a4bcf887a.html
Trump Plaza closing confirmed by owners
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/trump-plaza-owners-confirm-plan-to-close-in-september/article_65a7e44a-09d4-11e4-81ef-001a4bcf887a.html
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Chris Brown's actions at Showboat a few days ago and his words of commitment to this are a vast contrast to Jim Whelan who was "depressed about it all day" are a stark contrast. Whelan had been asked about the rumors of closing and the others and more or less caved in with "nothing we can really do about it". His proposed plastic bag tax, the mileage tax, and equal in state college tuition for illegal immigrants have me more than fed up with this man. He needs to go.
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