Mayor calls Atlantic City's battle against state takeover its "Revolutionary War"

ATLANTIC CITY — A defiant Mayor Don Guardian dressed as George Washington for Halloween, the day before the state decides whether to take over this city.

It was a fitting costume for a man who has fought for his city’s independence. He’s been “fighting that Revolutionary War,” as he put it on WOND Monday afternoon.

That fight is out of his hands now after a year of dueling press conferences, trips to Trenton and marathon City Council meetings. The state is expected to decide Tuesday whether it will accept the city’s fiscal recovery plan or take over the city’s finances for five years.

Will the unlikely mayor — an openly gay Republican in a Democrat-controlled city — pull off another political upset? Guardian was confident Monday while giving out candy for “Trunk or Treat,” where 3,000 young people citywide collect candy from cars in designated areas.

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