Let’s hand out a few kudos to people who are doing what one ex-felon would call A Good Thing:
• Would you believe Binion’s Gambling Hall still hasn’t finished going coinless? That’s one of the things that’s predicted to change now that Four Queens owner Terry Caudill is taking the reins. Given the turnaround he’s achieved at the Four Queens, if anybody can rescue the legendary Binion’s from its doldrums, it’s Caudill.
• It’s nice to see some CEO contrition in the wake of the Countrywide debacle. Let’s hope the spirit moves others to do likewise. (True, a Japanese CEO in the same situation would leap to his death from the top of company HQ, but that’s taking remorse just a tad far.) Some will doubt the substance and sincerity of the gesture, but $37.5 million (plus assorted perks) ain’t chump change, at least to regular folks.
• They’re not “fake,” they’re artificial. (And, no, we’re not talking about breasts.) Since the real palm trees at my apartment complex brought with them a veritable plague of scorpions, I applaud this water-saving trend.
