News to reuse: Gov. Rendell says go green or die, Las Salem to grow thanks to chain-smoking suburbanites and Madonna is coming
Submitted by jstudent on Thu, 2008-05-08 13:03.
[ ] Gov. Ed Rendell was in Bensalem Wednesday touting two pieces of environmental legislation he proposed more than a year ago which are designed to ease utility bill increases and subsidize clean energy development. (Courier Times)
From the story:
…By 2025, the United States simply won't have enough power plants to meet its needs. “It's either conservation, or we will face total meltdown,” Rendell said…
Rendell, at right, on PECO…also facing the fact that his presidential candidate may soon quit and that Obama isn’t going to give a shit about bitter Crackersylvania.
[ ] A really big fucking Wal-Mart opened in Willow Grove yesterday. (Intelligencer)
Remember? It’s not far from the BF Wegmans and the BF Giant.
[ ] Bensalem, home of Philly Park Casino, may see more than 1,100 new homes AND, of course, another big ol’ casino building at the track. (Courier Times)
From the story:
…The largest project, Philadelphia Park's standalone casino, will be walled in glass, Vice President Tom Bonner told the planning board. At roughly 260,000 square feet, the diamond-shaped structure could someday house as many as 4,000 slot machines, a food court and a banquet hall.
And economic woes could only work to the casino's advantage, Bonner said. With gas expected to hit $4 a gallon this summer, the casino will roll out a new “stay and play” advertising campaign that “no one should have to waste a tank of gas to have a good time.” …
Philly EDGE suggests cutting out the appearance of propriety. Just have the condos built next to the track and make sure each new home is rigged with an assortment of gaming machines. That way: people could actually bet their fucking houses.
[ ] Meanwhile two other Buxco communities cling to history:
- Bedminster’s Elephant Hotel will be refurbished into a restaurant and tavern. (Intelligencer) 1
- Newtown will re-enact the Bird in Hand raid, a Revolutionary War skirmish. (Courier Times) 2
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1- Clinging to history would seem so much more genuine if there hadn’t just been, say, 50 years of land rape in Bucks by McMansion builders. Sayin’
2- No truth to rumor of a Two In The Bush promo at Oakford Inn.
[ ] A Philly date for Madonna’s “Sticky & Sweet” tour was announced this morning. Tickets for the Nov. 19 show at Wachovia Center go on sale June 2 at 10 a.m.
