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California Mayor Renews Battle Against Card Clubs14 December 2000SAN JOSE, California -- Dec. 14, 2000 --As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle: "Citing an increase in crime related to San Jose's two main card clubs, Mayor Ron Gonzales yesterday renewed his push to shut down legalized gambling in the city. "Calls summoning police to Bay 101 and Garden City card clubs rose 22 percent in fiscal 1999-2000 over the previous year, according to an annual report released yesterday by the San Jose Police Department. The 139 calls to 911 ran the gamut from traffic violations to prostitution to auto theft. "Those coupled with a series of criminal indictments released over the past year by the county grand jury against the two clubs have stirred Gonzales to call for them to be shut down. "...Bay 101 spokeswoman Jackie Rose defended her club yesterday, saying that 1. 3 million people visited the card room last year, and that the 80 police calls attributed to Bay 101 were a minuscule number in comparison. "...Criminal investigations into crime at San Jose's card clubs have cost the city more than $2 million over the past four years, according to Chief of Police William Lansdowne. That cost, city officials say, is compounded by court and prison expenses, as well as the hard-to-quantify costs to crime victims. "...Gonzales campaigned for mayor on an anti-gambling platform, and last year persuaded the City Council to tighten up rules governing the clubs..." |