{"id":2173,"date":"2010-02-04T17:21:43","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T01:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2010-02-04T17:22:02","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T01:22:02","slug":"lowdens-interesting-omission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/lowdens-interesting-omission\/","title":{"rendered":"Lowden’s interesting omission"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here, for your viewing pleasure, is Archon Corp<\/strong>. Treasurer Sue Lowden<\/strong>‘s newest ad spot. I saw it on the tube this morning and was struck by the euphemistic way it gets around having to describe her as a “casino executive,” like it’s something of which to be ashamed. My guess is it’s a very large sop to Nevada’s very large Latter-Day Saints populace.<\/p>\n

There are some people (who could be atheists for all I know) who live here yet love to log onto the Review-Journal<\/em> and Sun<\/em> Web sites every doggone day to rail about how eeeeeeeeevil Las Vegas<\/strong> is and how they can’t wait for the Great Recession to drive the tourists away and bring everything crashing down. It’s all very perverse and masochistic. If that’s the mindset to which Lowden is pandering, I don’t think she’s got anybody fooled. She’s been on the scene too long and been far too prominent.<\/p>\n

Just say, “I’m Sue and I’m a casino executive.” The truth will set you free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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