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Vince v. Vince: The LD2 [NJ] Terrain in the Aftermath of an Imploded Trump Plaza
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Contributor | WSNJ |
Last Edited | WSNJ Mar 03, 2021 09:50am |
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Author | Max Pizarro |
News Date | Wednesday, March 3, 2021 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | When the Trump Plaza toppled, like some downtown Beirut total cave-in, a relieved whoop went up from the crowd of onlookers, as if a terminal weight of oppression had lifted, and why not? Donald Trump bailed on the gambling mecca after the plaza went belly up in 2014. Yet somehow the jubilation felt forced, as if the city had again found a way to deflect from the same core of its agony, and now it hovered at the edge of another contest, with players mostly from surrounding towns plucked by party machines to consider the fate of the casino-ravaged city.
The impending retirement of Republican Senator Chris Brown in the battleground 2nd Legislative District (35.3% Dem/25% GOP/38.5% unaffiliated) after just four years on the legislative throne meant a face-off for a presumably vacant senate seat. |
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