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Deena Daughtery has been an Atlantic City Free Public Library member for at least 25 years – and she credits the library with helping her twice in her career. The first time came while working as a conductor for the Atlantic City Boardwalk Tram Service from 2014-19. An outgoing and friendly person, Daughtery looked to improve her riders’ experience by sharing facts about the Boardwalk and the places they were passing. Click here to read more.
Former Atlantic City Mayor Joseph Lazarow died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, in St. Petersburg, Fla., at the age of 84.
Mr. Lazarow served as the city's mayor from 1976-82. He oversaw the beginning of the casino era in Atlantic City. During his tenure as mayor, gambling was legalized in Atlantic City and the city's first casinos opened. Mr. Lazarow was predeceased by his wife, Fredlyn, in 1993. He is survived by two daughters and two sons.
Stories and photographs of Lazarow are available in the Atlantic City Free Public Library's Alfred M. Heston Collection. Please call (609) 345-2269, ext. 3062, for details on how you can view them.
Information about former Atlantic City Mayor Joseph Lazarow
Personal
Political
As Mayor
Quotes:
"I believe the government shouldn't be a dictatorship. I don't believe in running and buttonholing people and saying, ‘I want you to vote this way on this or that way on that.;"
"When a person is quietly and honestly doing a job and people have no real criticism, the first thing they say is the leader can't make a decision. But I've made plenty of decisions. And when history is in, history will probably record that this is the most effective period of leadership the city has ever had."
Bibliography
Weinberg David. "An Ordinary Joe." New Jersey Monthly (June 1979): 74.
"Candidate Schultz Scores Lazarow." Press of Atlantic City (5 May 1976): 26.
"Press Endorses Five for City Commission." Press of Atlantic City (8 May 1976): 1.
Prendergast, Frank J. "Resort Incumbents Win." Press of Atlantic City (12 May 1976): 1, 22.
"Lazarow: Comeback Possible." Press of Atlantic City (11 August 1983): 3.
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