Atlantic City Gets $1.5 Mil to Demo Eyesores
The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) agrees to allocate $1.5 million toward the demolition of blighted properties in the Atlantic City Tourism District.
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![Part-Time Officials Shouldn’t Get Taxpayer-Funded Cars, Says Assemblyman [AUDIO]](http://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2012/03/statehouse1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Part-Time Officials Shouldn’t Get Taxpayer-Funded Cars, Says Assemblyman [AUDIO]
Atlantic City is already getting a massive infusion of state aid amidst mounting debt and now there's news that the cash-strapped resort town is paying for eight of its nine part-time council members to have taxpayer-funded cars.
![Can Atlantic City Be Saved? [POLL/AUDIO]](http://townsquare.media/site/385/files/2012/09/Trump-Plaza-Atlantic-City.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Can Atlantic City Be Saved? [POLL/AUDIO]
The economic news coming out of New Jersey's gambling mecca has been miserable. Still, leaders on the state and local level claim there is progress under the surface; one just needs to look beyond the casinos.