{"id":3899,"date":"2010-06-29T12:35:33","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T20:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=3899"},"modified":"2020-06-26T06:52:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T14:52:49","slug":"the-casino-angle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/the-casino-angle\/","title":{"rendered":"The casino Angle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nevada<\/strong> senatorial aspirant Sharron Angle<\/strong> got off to an odd start a few weeks back by warning balefully of “unwarranted influence” from the casino industry. (Which is, after all, one of the Silver State’s two primary sources of revenue.) Then she literally said it’s “not my job” to bring employment back. See ya!<\/em><\/p>\n

However, this didn’t prevent Ms. Angle from shedding a few crocodile tears<\/a> for those casinos whose money is too tainted for her to accept: “The half-finished casinos with idle cranes, the shopping centers with empty storefronts. It’s all about our jobs and our homes<\/em>,” wept the candidate whose platform effectively demonizes both casinos as well the unionized laborers who both staff and build them.<\/p>\n

Lady, don’t piss on my shoes and tell me it’s raining, OK?<\/p>\n

(Given some of the fairly medieval social views<\/a> she espouses<\/a> and her theocratic political affiliations, I suspect that Angle harbors a deep-seated aversion to gambling. However, that’s no more than a logical extrapolation.)<\/p>\n

Going from frying pan to fire<\/strong>, we find that beleaguered Sen. Harry Reid<\/strong> (D-NV) appears to have made a Faustian pact with the arch-conservative Fertitta Brothers<\/strong>, who are backing him this year. Hapless Harry’s having to suck up to the “human cockfighting”<\/a> (™ Sen. John McCain<\/strong>) that will be UFC 116<\/strong>. The (un)lucky contest winner gets to sit next to Reid and septic-mouthed UFC prexy Dana White<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If gaming is but one<\/strong> of the two main pillars of the Nevada economy, what’s the other? You guessed it, retail. And there’s finally — and I do mean finally<\/em> — some good news<\/a> on that front (partly because people are smoking and drinking a little more, but that’s far from the whole picture). This uptick, following 19 months of nothing but “down,” couldn’t be more welcome.<\/p>\n

\"\"After all, the state needs to scare up 20 dimes<\/a> to pay for Gov. Jim Gibbons<\/strong>‘ official portrait (not to mention his Scandal of the Week program<\/a>). That grinding noise from up north is Midnight Jim gritting his teeth as he admits the sales-tax bump was abetted by those federal stimulus dollars he had to be dragged kicking and screaming into accepting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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