Don Guardian NJ State Assemblyman & former Mayor of The City of Atlantic City

“AC Mike” Lopez knows the ins and outs of Atlantic City like none other. I’ve known Mike for decades, and through his work promoting Atlantic City tourism over the internet, radio, in person and television he has become the city’s biggest ambassador. Truly an Atlantic City icon, my original contact with Mike was in creating an Casino Reinvestment Development Authority CRDA Ambassador program. Mike served admirably as one of our supervisors with Ambassador and ‘SID’ Special Improvement Division of the CRDA. His positive energy, leadership skills and management skills proved a winning combination for these programs. He even coined the phrase “Live, Work, Play AC”. His passion keeps me hopeful that Atlantic City’s best days are yet to come. Mike also was instrumental in many of my initiatives as Mayor such as rebuilding the Boardwalk, LED street lighting, police security camera’s and surveillance center rebuilding two of our parks, not to mention tens of  thousands of people check-in as he promotes many major events, restaurant’s and community happenings in Atlantic City on Mikes social media and traditional platforms.