Robin Camacho
Las Vegas Real Estate
David McKee
Stiffs & Georges
Jean Scott
Frugal Vegas
Cannery Casino Resorts (29) [RSS]
Melco Crown Entertainment (29) [RSS]
Morgans Hotel Group (32) [RSS]
Pinnacle Entertainment (60) [RSS]
Tropicana Entertainment (90) [RSS]
World Series of Poker (6) [RSS]
Illinois: No country for big casinos
JohnTerez said: What your name? , <a href="http://pdabooks.org/membe... noir wine&l... [More]
Nevada: The Stupid State
PortoM0n said: Don't go far away. , <a href="http://cool-wallpapers.ev... cool wall... [More]
They burned the Monte Carlo ... and may get away with it
JohnTerez said: Try see it. , <a href="http://smart.fm/lists/152... glass supplies</a>... [More]
Nevada: The Stupid State
PortoM0n said: Hi brothers and sisters! , <a href="http://boxesandarrows.com...... [More]
They burned the Monte Carlo ... and may get away with it
SoloJ3ss said: Great... , <a href="http://boxesandarrows.com... to make deer a... [More]
Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog.
alex yemenidjian ameristar animals architecture atlantic city australia baseball boulder strip boyd gaming california cannery casino resorts carl icahn charity cirque du soleil citycenter colony capital colorado columbia sussex cosmopolitan current detroit dining don barden donald trump downtown economy election encore entertainment environment florida fontainebleau g2e george maloof harrah's harry reid herbst gaming horseracing igt illinois indiana international internet gambling isle of capri james packer kansas kentucky labor lake tahoe laughlin lawrence ho louisiana lvcva m resort macau marketing massachusetts melco crown entertainment mesquite mgm mirage michael gaughan mississippi missouri monte carlo fire morgans hotel group movies neil bluhm ohio oscar goodman penn national pennsylvania pets phil ruffin pinnacle entertainment planet hollywood politics problem gambling regulation reno riviera sahara sheldon adelson singapore sports stanley ho station casinos steve wynn tamares group taxes technology the strip tilman fertitta tourism transportation tribal tropicana entertainment tv wall street
Posted At : December 16, 2008 09:24 AM | Posted By : D McKee
Related Categories:
MGM Mirage,The Strip,Charity,Boyd Gaming
Let me say at the outset, I do not like Ronald McDonald. He gave me creeps as a child and still does. (The thought of him wanting to buddy up to you ... it's just disturbing.) The Ronald McDonald Houses, on the other hand, are a great and good thing.
However, after tasking MGM Mirage -- perhaps excessively -- over its $5K donation to Clark County's Music in the Schools program (a drop in the bucket in a year when Gov. Jim Gibbons is taking a flamethrower to Nevada's education budgets), some perspective is in order. MGM's donation absolutely blows away the meager $1,576.10 donated to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas at the opening of Viva McDonalds, the only part of the Echelon master plan to open as ... as ... well, as planned. (See the yellow box, halfway down the "Echelon" page.)
The guy in the goofy suit to Ronald McD's right is Mac King, magician and fellow alumnus of Macalester College. (He was two years ahead of me scholastically and remains light years ahead of me career-wise.)
At least RHMC of Greater LV doesn't need to feel quite so bad. It made out like a bandit compared to Mayor Oscar Goodman. He got a shoe.
Scary indeed!
Print | 
Send to Friend | 
del.icio.us | 
Digg It! | 
Linking Blogs |