Thursday’s public hearing on a potential satellite casino in Shippensburg Township was as much about the township’s past and future economic trajectory as it was about the casino itself.
The hearing by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board regarding Parx Casino’s application to site a branch facility in the township brought out dozens of residents who were concerned that the project would lead to higher crime, addiction and other societal ills that the area was unequipped to handle.
“Why would you want poor people hurting themselves and their families by spending,” posed Bruce Levy, a pastor and former Shippensburg Area Senior High School principal.
