{"id":6376,"date":"2011-04-22T10:21:18","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T18:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=6376"},"modified":"2022-08-26T06:30:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:30:35","slug":"oaf-of-office-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/oaf-of-office-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Oaf of Office III"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"… an occasional series. S&G<\/em> keeps referring to Donald Trump<\/strong>‘s glass jaw — an obvious liability to his phony\/delusional<\/a> political aspirations. Obligingly, The Donald served up a characteristic hissy fit after Caesars Palace<\/strong> headliner Jerry Seinfeld<\/strong> canceled an appearance at a Trump-flagged event. Oh snap<\/em>! That 2012 presidential field must be quaking in its boots.<\/p>\n

Phoenix to Vegas<\/strong> and thence on to Reno<\/strong> (and points beyond) via interstate highway<\/a>? Since the proposed I-11<\/strong> would improve travel times for as much as 9% of Las Vegas<\/strong>‘ visitor base and sundry, additional I-15<\/strong> improvements would make life easier on the important SoCal drive-in crowd, I find it difficult to disagree with Mayor Oscar Goodman<\/strong> on this. Besides, if the project could enhance Vegas’ standing as a transportation hub, potentially creating additional economic diversification, that’s all to the good. Have we come across a federal infrastructure project which all S&G<\/em> readers can support?<\/p>\n

Speaking of Hizzoner<\/strong>, it’s early in 2011 yet but I think we safely bestow the Dunce of the Year cap on whatever genius political operative advised Sheldon Adelson<\/strong> crony Victor Chaltiel<\/strong> to run a Debbie Downer mayoral campaign (“Las Vegas is broken”), based on the flaky premise that Oscar Goodman is unpopular. There’s a painfully obvious reason that Carolyn Goodman<\/em><\/strong> leapt way to the front of the field, ya dumbass (whoever you are).<\/p>\n

In parting, let us enjoy Chaltiel’s camp-classic “broken window” ad, culminating with the mayoral also-ran imploring (at 0:13) the cosmos, “Why, mon dieu<\/em>? Why???” Pourquoi<\/em> indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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