"I've been in office 103 days and we've already made changes, with plenty to come," he said. Small said Thursday he has been working with the electric company and a state agency responsible for planning in the city to restore functioning traffic lights. It could not be immediately determined when they had been turned back on.Īllen, whose career in the casino industry began 40 years ago as a cook at Bally's Atlantic City making $6.11 an hour, offered to meet with Mayor Marty Small, who on Wednesday assembled a coalition of political, religious and civic leaders to oppose the change of government plan. On Thursday afternoon, street lights on that stretch of road were functioning. ![]() "When you're in a resort environment where safety and security is so important, if the city can't get something fixed as simple as the street lighting, then maybe a change is needed," he said. He noted the street lights have been out for two months on several blocks along Pacific Avenue, a sign of a continuing trend that concerns him. ![]() RELATED: Mayor says tear down 'eyesore' former Trump casinoĪllen said that after Hard Rock invested $562 million into Atlantic City, "frankly the town's in worse shape today than it was when we bought the building."
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