{"id":4711,"date":"2010-09-30T11:49:15","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T19:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=4711"},"modified":"2010-10-01T08:48:14","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T16:48:14","slug":"my-lucky-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/my-lucky-day\/","title":{"rendered":"My lucky day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"No, not at the slots. Thanks to Dr. David G. Schwartz<\/strong> of UNLV’s Institute for Gaming Research<\/strong>, a man who clearly reads the fine print, I’ve just found out that I won two Nevada Press Association<\/strong> awards. (You have to scroll waywaywaywaywaywayway down to Class IV, but it’s there<\/a>.) Las Vegas CityLife<\/em> swept the “Best Non-Staff Story” category, with first prize going to Rebecca Zisch<\/strong> — congratulations! — for “Coffee Clash.” Unfortunately, Zisch’s story appears to have been “disappeared” off the CityLife<\/em> Web site.<\/p>\n

Yours truly took third place for “The Neighborhood That Had to Die<\/a>,” about a stalled Station Casinos<\/strong> condo development that, subsequently, turned into a $105 million writeoff (above<\/em>). Quoth the citation: \u201cThe story of a housing collapse, corporate greed told on the neighborhood level. Writer painted a compelling picture of how neighbors, neighborhoods and a community suffer when greed and no planning supercede<\/em> [sic] what\u2019s best for a community. Nicely done<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

I also earned a second-place sheepskin with “Last Stand<\/a>,” about the protracted — and ultimately disastrous — unionization campaign by Wynn Las Vegas<\/strong> dealers: \u201cGreat story about splitting tips and how this one issue has repercussions across Las Vegas<\/strong>\/Nevada<\/strong> economic landscape<\/em>.\u201d Most importantly, I’m glad that the subjects of these stories resonated with the (non-Vegas) judges who deemed them worthy of recognition. It’s nice to know that one occasionally does something worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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