{"id":25034,"date":"2019-10-03T09:10:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T17:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=25034"},"modified":"2019-10-03T09:10:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T17:10:31","slug":"this-just-in-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/this-just-in-10\/","title":{"rendered":"This just in &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It took two years but there is finally justice for the victims and survivors of the <strong>Mandalay Bay Massacre<\/strong>. They have reached a <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-21998\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Mandalay-Bay-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Mandalay-Bay-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Mandalay-Bay-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Mandalay-Bay.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-lasvegas-shooting\/las-vegas-massacre-survivors-families-reach-735-million-settlement-with-mgm-idUSKBN1WI1Q6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$735 million settlement<\/a> with <strong>MGM Resorts International<\/strong>. That tab could exceed $800 million if more plaintiffs opt in. So far, the families of 58 victims are covered. Their lead attorney, <strong>Robert Eglet<\/strong>, said\u00a0\u201cWhile nothing will be able to bring back the lives lost or undo the horrors so many suffered on that day, this settlement will provide fair compensation for <!--more-->thousands of victims and their families.\u201d Let&#8217;s hope this is the end of the long, traumatic road back from <strong>Stephen Paddock<\/strong>&#8216;s motiveless domestic terrorism\u2014and thank heavens the victims and their loved ones were spared the drama of acrimonious and prolonged legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>* Could <strong>Las Vegas<\/strong> be the final stop on <strong>Bernie Sanders<\/strong>&#8216; (D) campaign trail? The <strong>Vermont<\/strong> senator, in Sin City to meet with <strong>SEIU<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-10-02\/sanders-halts-campaign-events-after-experiencing-chest-pains?cmpid=BBD100219_CUS&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_term=191002&amp;utm_campaign=closeamericas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suffered heart trouble<\/a> and had to have two stents inserted. At 78, Sanders is the oldest of the various and sundry presidential candidates, and this incident is unlikely to make his age less of an issue.<\/p>\n<p>* Rep. <strong>Dina Titus<\/strong> (D) appears to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/business\/tourism\/dina-titus-weighs-in-on-resort-fees-that-would-affect-las-vegas-1861652\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">climbed off the fence<\/a> and come down in favor of legislation that would outlaw resort fees. However, she says there&#8217;s so much going on in Congress (code for impeachment) that she doubts the bill will go anywhere, thereby saying something for everybody.<\/p>\n<p>* First the good news; <strong>Colony Capital<\/strong> bozo-in-chief <strong>Tom Barrack<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tom-barrack-is-done-with-traditional-real-estate-hes-going-digital-11568718002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">getting out of real estate<\/a>. The bad news? He&#8217;s entering the digital sphere. There goes <strong>Silicon Valley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took two years but there is finally justice for the victims and survivors of the Mandalay Bay Massacre. They have reached a $735 million settlement with MGM Resorts International. That tab could exceed $800 million if more plaintiffs opt &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/this-just-in-10\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,26,228,245,234],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25034"}],"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=25034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25037,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25034\/revisions\/25037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}