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.
