“It really wasn’t about a quarter. It was really a matter of understanding the slot payout tables.” — Boyd Gaming spokesman Rob Stillwell, on the subject of a 25-cent dispute that began at The Orleans and ended in front of the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
Bonus Quote (since we didn't have one yesterday): "The Vegas economy is built on human stupidity and irrational thinking: it'll always be safe." — Las Vegas Review-Journal reader Michael Wertman, sounding a perversely sanguine note on local economic troubles.
Old school. If you relish old-fashioned, fire-breathing populist rhetoric (I certainly do), then check out the stemwinder below by AFL-CIO Sec'y-Treasurer Richard Trumka. And if that's not your thing, maybe you'll enjoy David Schwartz's latest takedown of public-policy absurdities or, as he calls it, "good old-fashioned municipal ineptitude."
