run, casino execs, run

An update on the fight to keep a casino out of Philadelphia's Chinatown... Last week at a gaming board meeting, Foxwood Casino execs were faced with a massive influx of anti-casino activists organized by members of Casino-Free Philadelphia, Asian Americans United, local clergy and other community groups. Flustered by the large crowd, they got the hell out of there, ushered by the police through the back door: Casino Executives Flee From Protesters.

Hell yes. Big props to the anti-casino activists for seriously representing and bringing the fight to the meeting. Casino-Free Philadelphia members said it was the largest turnout of Philadelphia representation they had ever seen at a Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board meeting... and they were not quiet: Boos greet casino magnate in Harrisburg.

The Media Mobilizing Project, an independent media out, took several videos at the meeting... Here's Lai Har Cheung of Asian Americans United on why they were there at the meeting: Lai har on What Casinos will do to Philly. Here's footage of the Foxwood Casino executives hauling ass out the back door: Casino Moguls Avoid Protest. And here's Philadelphia activist Deborah Wei explaining what's at stake (this video is from last fall): Casinos Destroy Philadelphia Communities.