Slots Resurface ; Skeptics Fear New Troubles Would Cash In
The Washington Times › April 14, 2006
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Anacostia residents yesterday said placing thousands of slot machines in their historic neighborhood would attract more crime and erode efforts to revitalize Southeast.
"You're dealing with a community that's already devastated, and now you want to bring more problems," said Anthony Muhammad, chairman of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission that represents the site where promoters of offshore gambling want to place as many as 3,500 slot machines. "You're not trying to help; you're trying to destroy it."See the full content of this document
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Slots Resurface ; Skeptics Fear New Troubles Would Cash In
The Rev. Wanda D. Cleckley serves as associate pastor at the 8,000-member Union Temple Baptist Church near the proposed gambling site at Martin Luther King Jr. Ave...
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