{"id":21414,"date":"2018-03-29T11:34:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T19:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=21414"},"modified":"2018-03-29T11:36:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T19:36:01","slug":"quote-of-the-day-906","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/quote-of-the-day-906\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/california_state_flag-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/california_state_flag-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/california_state_flag-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/california_state_flag.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cThe state seems to have this Faustian bargain with the card rooms\u2014if you provide jobs and taxes, we will not fund an appropriate regulatory environment, and you can open up a great many additional sources of revenue. I always was of the impression that many in the state had the attitude that the tribes make enough, and let\u2019s give the card rooms a break\u2014even if it does totally contort the law.\u201d &#8212; <em>former <strong>California Gambling Control Commission<\/strong> member <strong>Richard Schuetz<\/strong> on the oversight (<a href=\"https:\/\/ggbmagazine.com\/article\/reading-between-the-lines\/\">or lack thereof<\/a>) of <strong>California<\/strong> card rooms<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>S&amp;G <em>is on temporary hiatus while I write a multi-part history of segregation in <strong>Las Vegas<\/strong>. Regular programming will return tomorrow<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe state seems to have this Faustian bargain with the card rooms\u2014if you provide jobs and taxes, we will not fund an appropriate regulatory environment, and you can open up a great many additional sources of revenue. I always was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/quote-of-the-day-906\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21414"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21416,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21414\/revisions\/21416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}