BRANSON MO NEWS:
A.C. should cut and improveGov. Chris Christie and Senate President Steve Sweeney should agree to this: reduce the number of Atlantic City officials from 10 to four, saving $600,000; reduce the payroll, starting at the top by 10 percent (not including employees earning less than $50,000 a year), saving $10 million; lay off 10 percent of employees for the off-season, subject to recall if and when there is improvement, saving $10 million; create a “car-free” Pacific Avenue served by a mono-rail or street cars, showing visitors something different; get a commitment from the casinos and hotels to make rooms and theaters available Mondays through Thursdays at discounted rates and create an eastern Branson, Missouri; stop diluting the few assets the city has in a shell game.This would reduce expenditures, generate business on days where needed, and increase the number of visitors.Vince BarthAtlantic CitySuperstorm Sandy’s damage and recovery in verseIt has been four years since Sandy has passed, but the memories of what she did always will last.The water had come from the bay and the ocean too, so many of us just did not know what to do.So many had left the island and that was good, but some had …
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