{"id":26117,"date":"2020-02-15T07:37:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=26117"},"modified":"2020-02-15T07:37:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T15:37:02","slug":"election-special-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/election-special-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Election special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-26118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jacky-Rosen.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jacky-Rosen.jpeg 201w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jacky-Rosen-121x150.jpeg 121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/>Such is the <strong>Culinary Union<\/strong>&#8216;s clout that <strong>Nevada<\/strong> Sen. <strong>Jacky Rosen<\/strong> (D, <em>left<\/em>), Sen. <strong>Catherine Cortez Masto<\/strong> (D) and Rep. <strong>Susie Lee<\/strong> (D) will also be casting their caucus ballots at Culinary-sponsored events, staggered across today through Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Culinary will wrap its electioneering up by picketing the <strong>Palms\u00a0<\/strong>because the Fertitta Brothers &#8220;are major funders of the <strong>Trump Victory Fund<\/strong> and supporters of the Republican agenda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Jottings<\/strong><\/em>: A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/news\/world\/2020\/02\/14\/beijing-sets-stringent-new-quarantine-rules-for-coronavirus\/inOADl9TsinKcOimbG8eTN\/story.html?et_rid=753721489&amp;s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">strong new quarantine<\/a> in <strong>China<\/strong>, suggests that if the worst is not yet to come, things are not getting better either where coronavirus is concerned, bad news for <strong>Macao<\/strong> casino operators. The Trump administration continues to <!--more-->take a circumspect approach to the virus (despite speculation to the contrary), as well it should &#8230; <strong>Paula Kelly<\/strong>, sexy terpsichorean who was discovered at <strong>Caesars Palace<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/metro\/obituaries\/2020\/02\/14\/paula-kelly-emmy-nominated-actress-dancer-and-singer-dies\/401tMN9Jv53FlgLHiVj2bN\/story.html?et_rid=753721489&amp;s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has died at age 77<\/a>. I had such a crush on her way back when &#8230; The <strong>United Kingdom Gaming Commission<\/strong> is looking at <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Union-Jack.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Union-Jack.png 255w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Union-Jack-150x75.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/>capping online-slot jackpots at two pounds sterling ($1.30). Gaming stocks did not react well to the news &#8230; Forty bartenders at <strong>Encore Boston Harbor<\/strong> will be out of jobs as <strong>Wynn Resorts<\/strong> explores replacing them with automated drink dispensers &#8230; <strong>Osaka<\/strong> officials have tipped <strong>MGM Resorts International<\/strong> and partner <strong>Orix Corp<\/strong>. as the frontrunners for a megaresort concession. <strong>Jim Murren<\/strong> may yet go out in a blaze of glory &#8230; <strong>Washington State<\/strong>\u00a0legislators may be earmarking sports betting for tribal casinos but a court challenge from <strong>Maverick Gaming<\/strong> owner <strong>Eric Persson<\/strong> is expected &#8230;. At least one member of Congress thinks that <strong>Steve Wynn<\/strong>&#8216;s money is still good as gold. Rep. <strong>Elise Stefanik<\/strong> (R) accepted $8,400 from the lecherous\u00a0mogul last quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Such is the Culinary Union&#8216;s clout that Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen (D, left), Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D) and Rep. Susie Lee (D) will also be casting their caucus ballots at Culinary-sponsored events, staggered across today through Tuesday. On Wednesday, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/election-special-4\/\">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":[275,151,26,283,140,22,37,171,62,112,282,245,207,159,33,25,243,32,8,9,246,233],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26117"}],"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=26117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26119,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26117\/revisions\/26119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}