Regardless of your political affiliation, you've got to admire NJ Governor Chris Christie's sweeping reform of the glittering ghetto they call Atlantic City, NJ.
Since the casino industry emerged there in 1979, the casinos and boardwalk have been flanked by crime and desperation. Don't believe me? Walk two blocks off the beaten path of the casinos on the north end of town and tell me what you see.
Under this plan the state will take over the casino district there and become its own "mini-government", while taking the tax proceeds and making sure the city takes care of itself first, instead of losing the money in a bureaucratic windstorm like it has the past thirty years.
Atlantic City is broken and needs to be fixed. The advent of table games soon to be littering the Philadelphia landscape no doubt increased the urgency here. But at least Christie has the gumption to roll up his sleeves and address it.
Courage and innovation in state politics....what a refreshing change.
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