Pa.: Can't trust city on casinos

The state House voted, 280-20, on Tuesday night to bar the city from enforcing local ordinances when it comes to casinos within its borders. That would include zoning rules that might prohibit building casinos in certain areas. Instead, all decisions concerning casino locations would be determined by the 10-member Gaming Control Board, which is appointed by legislators, including Perzel, and Gov. Rendell.

The bill - which affects only Philadelphia - still must be approved by the state Senate and the governor.

The Street administration was offended by the suggestion that the city is too corrupt.

"We think it is absurd," spokesman Joe Grace said.

Suggestions also thought to be absurd by the Street administration:
- The capital of Vermont is Montpelier
- Philadelphia is located between the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers
- The structure of buckminsterfullerene is a truncated icosahedron
- People need to breathe oxygen to live