A big shout-out goes to the S&G subscriber who has the best solution yet for reviving interest in Atlantic City: “Just put the cast of Jersey Shore on view in glass cages on the Boardwalk (like the Snake Guy on the Strip last year)– it would sure boost their numbers.”
Works for me. On a related note, local political columnist Hugh Jackson has dubbed colorful Nevada eccentric and CityCenter foe Sharron Angle, “the Snooki of American politics.” That wasn’t meant as a compliment, although I suppose you could spin a goofy marketing campaign from it.
View from the bridge. A California-based casino aspirant, Plain Joe Development LLC, has dropped out of the running for a pleasure palace near the Chain of Rocks Bridge. With that $284 million proposal off the table, that leaves a rival Koman family project, the $115 million Casino Celebration, in the running against Cape Girardeau and Sugar Creek. But if Missouri regulators wanted to take away the license of Pinnacle Entertainment’s defunct President casino because it was doing very poorly, they’ll have to twist themselves into an intellectual pretzel to rationalize replacing one St. Louis-area casino with another.
“Just put the cast of Jersey Shore on view in glass cages on the Boardwalk (like the Snake Guy on the Strip last year)– it would sure boost their numbers.”
– Do you have to drill air holes in the boxes? (Yeah, I know: no need to comment about the a**holes in the boxes.)
“the Snooki of American politics.”
– Good picture: Will somebody alert us were they see a photoshopped version with Sharron’s face superimposed on it?
If Sharron Angle is the “Snooki” of American politics, then Sarah Palin must be the Angelina of American politics. “I quit”!!!
The only reason that Missouri regulators yanked the President riverboat license is so that another operator could payola another licensing fee. The state desperately needs the revenue to balance their budget. So why not fleece the company (Pinnacle) that has the most invested in the area? Makes sense, right? I hope PNK fights rigorously that no other license be permitted in the St Louis market. But then again, that’s what got their last CEO canned.
I have been thinking about the idioticy that is prevailing the recent local and national politics.
Snooki is a great name for Sharon Angle.
But, what about: “Ding-bat” for Sarah Palin? My apologies to the producers of All In The Family, but, I can’t listen to Palin talk. Her shreiking voice makes me keep thinking I hear Carroll O’Connor saying “Shush! Ding-Bat.”
David H –
But at least Edith had some good ideas from time to time.