In My Head
I heard on the news this morning—Good Day Philadelphia, to be precise—that the Borgata Casino and Hotel will be announcing their plans today or this coming week to build a casino and resort in Limerick Township.
WHHHHAAAA???
Further, the reporter said that there will be premium outlets going up in the same area.
Well, you KNOW I had to try to verify this information. So I called Limerick Township and spoke to a very nice lady named Mary this morning. Here is how the convo went:
Me: “Hi Mary, my name is Lori and I live in Limerick—Heather Glen, to be exact. I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s called about this, but I was wondering if you could tell me anything about the proposed Borgata casino that I heard about today on Fox.”
Mary: (giggles) “No, we have had a few phone calls about that already today. It’s news to us!”
Me: “Really?”
Mary: “Yep. None of us here had heard anything about it until we watched the news this morning. The township manager walked in this morning and mentioned it, and he didn’t know about it before, either!”
Me: “Hmmm. That’s…interesting. So, where are they proposing to have it built?”
Mary: “Right off the Sanatoga exit of 422.”
Me: “And is it true about the outlets, too?”
Mary: “Uh, yeah…we’d heard about that already but they’ve only been proposed…not officially approved by the township yet.”
Me: “Well, thanks for the information. Have a nice day!”
I’m not sure what to think about this, if it’s true, that is. I suppose that a casino/resort could be a good thing—taxes would probably stay low for residents, and new jobs would be created. Plus, it’s far enough away from my neighborhood that I don’t think we’d be directly affected by it.
But I’m TOTALLY into the outlets.
Yep. Could spell lots of trouble for Lori...
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