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titution,” says Phenix City’s current Economic Develop-
ment Manager, Shaun Culligan. “And with Fort Benning
being so close, the Mob began to run the community.
They would take advantage of the fact that there were
trainees and soldiers coming in on a consistent ba-
sis and they had time off, so they would come here.
If they won, some money might be taken back; but for
the most part, the dice were loaded and the machines
were fixed, so they didn’t win all that often. We’ve had
an extremely checkered past.”
In those days, crime bosses ran the town, and some of
the local authorities rationalized the city’s widespread
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
Phenix City, Alabama
WHAT:
A city of 33,000
WHERE:
Located in eastern Alabama on the
banks of the Chattahoochee River
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