{"id":10081,"date":"2012-11-13T11:16:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T19:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=10081"},"modified":"2012-11-13T11:16:31","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T19:16:31","slug":"un-lucky-by-any-name-shame-on-trump-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/un-lucky-by-any-name-shame-on-trump-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Un-Lucky by any name; Shame on Trump Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Since there is no problem in today’s America too trivial to be resolved with gunplay, let the record show that 31-year-old Kevin Jones Jr<\/strong>. was mortally wounded<\/a> at the Lucky Club Casino<\/strong> early this morning. Jones was pronounced dead at a local hospital<\/a>. How his alleged assailant, convicted felon Shonta Holland<\/strong>, came to be in possession of a firearm is a question for the people who run background checks on would-be gun owners. There’s no question, however, that this is another blotch on the Lucky Club’s stained blotter. In the 1990s, back when it was the Cheyenne Hotel<\/strong>, its owners were chased out by Nevada<\/strong> regulators, who found too much jiggery-pokery on the balance sheets.<\/p>\n

In 1998, MTR Gaming<\/strong> purchased the Cheyenne — soon to become the Speedway Casino<\/strong> — an electrical fire shut the place down for a fortnight. During the 2007 gaming bubble, MTR sold the Speedway at a 330% markup. New owner Seth Schorr<\/strong> — son Wynn Resorts<\/strong> COO Marc Schorr<\/strong> — had scarcely taken the keys to the property in June 2008 when an electrical fire forced a two-week shutdown. Now this<\/a>. Whatever you can say on the property’s behalf, lucky it ain’t.<\/p>\n

\"\"A Trump disgrace<\/strong>. Not the man but the company which bears his name, Trump Entertainment Resorts<\/strong>. CEO Robert Griffin<\/strong> (recruited from bottom-feeding MTR, you may recall) has decided to balance the books after Hurricane Sandy<\/strong> by putting the thumbscrews to his workforce. All workers will be forced to take a week of unpaid leave<\/a> between now and Dec. 2. Adding insult to injury, Griffin welshed on a promise to allow employees to cash in vacation days to make up for wages lost while Sandy kept Trump Plaza<\/strong> and Trump Taj Mahal<\/strong> shuttered.<\/p>\n

“We recognize the hardship you and your family are enduring<\/em>,” crocodile-wept Griffin before threatening to close both casinos if employees didn’t bend over and take it. Trump Plaza is. admittedly, a financial basket case but if the Taj, one of the Boardwalk’s higher-grossing casinos, is that close to the tipping point, then maybe majority owner Marc Lasry<\/strong> should be looking into Griffin’s<\/em> job performance. I’m no demographer but it stands to reason that TER’s workforce is derived from the bedroom communities near Atlantic City<\/strong> that were so heavily devastated by Sandy. Griffin’s Ebenezer Scrooge<\/strong> act only compounds the post-hurricane misery. He and TER are prohibitive favorites to be 2012’s Stiff of the Year. (We’ve never actually recognized one, but this might be the time to start doing so.)<\/p>\n

As for Donald Trump<\/strong>, let’s just say he’s got problems of his own<\/a> at the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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