{"id":733,"date":"2008-10-10T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blogs\/dmckee\/index.cfm\/2008\/10\/10\/Quote-of-the-Day"},"modified":"2008-10-10T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-10T19:29:00","slug":"quote-of-the-day-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/quote-of-the-day-51\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“It really wasn’t about a quarter. It was really a matter of understanding the slot payout tables.” — Boyd Gaming<\/strong> spokesman Rob Stillwell<\/strong>, on the subject of a 25-cent dispute<\/a> that began at The Orleans<\/strong> and ended in front of the Nevada Gaming Control Board<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Bonus Quote<\/strong> (since we didn't have one yesterday<\/em>): "The Vegas economy is built on human stupidity and irrational thinking: it'll always be safe." — Las Vegas Review-Journal reader Michael Wertman<\/strong>, sounding a perversely sanguine note on local economic troubles<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Old school<\/strong>. If you relish old-fashioned, fire-breathing populist rhetoric (I certainly do), then check out the stemwinder below by AFL-CIO Sec'y-Treasurer Richard Trumka. And if that's not<\/em> your thing, maybe you'll enjoy David Schwartz<\/strong>'s latest takedown of public-policy absurdities<\/a> or, as he calls it, "good old-fashioned municipal ineptitude."<\/p>\n

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