May 1, 2008 edition


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COVER STORY:

The Westrum way

For a guy seeking to build his fortune, or perhaps add to it, within an industry mired in a seemingly irreversible death spiral, John Westrum smiles an awful lot.
With an endless stream of news headlines chronicling the sharp and steady decline of the housing market as well as the crisis in sub-prime rate mortgages, it doesn’t take a degree from Wharton to reason that now is not the time to be in the business of homebuilding.

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Editorial:

Stop the killing

Atlantic City’s Council has finally done the right thing by unanimously passing a law that bans smoking in casinos (except for specially enclosed, ventilated lounges, with no gambling, where smokers can puff their hearts and lungs out without killing innocent people).
When the bill goes into effect in October, casino patrons and employees alike in Jersey will be able to go about their work and play without having to worry about choking to death. . . .

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