{"id":7968,"date":"2011-11-22T12:09:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T20:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=7968"},"modified":"2021-03-14T08:15:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T16:15:50","slug":"ask-virginia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/ask-virginia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Virginia!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Following in the footsteps of Alex Yemenidjian<\/strong> and Anthony Marnell IIII<\/strong>, the CEO of Isle of Capri Casinos<\/strong><\/a>, Virginia McDowell<\/strong>, has agreed to take questions from S&G<\/em> readers early next month. So here’s your shot: Sharpen those pencils and dream up some top-notch queries for the head of a company that’s achieving one of the unlikelier turnarounds in gaming. You can submit your questions either in the “Comment” thread on by e-mail. I’m counting on you.<\/p>\n

\"\"On the subject of Isle<\/strong>, members of its previous braintrust are back in the news. Former CFO Allan Solomon<\/strong>, ex-senior VP Les McMackin<\/strong> and former development veep Greg Guida<\/strong> have all rebanded (and re-branded<\/a>) at Foundation Gaming Group<\/strong> (whose Web site could use some work<\/a>). Although they were swept out of Isle as part of a larger housecleaning, their experience operating up and down the Mississippi River<\/strong> commended them to the creditors now owning Resorts Casino Tunica<\/strong> and Bally’s Casino Tunica<\/strong>. In the near term, McMackin is promising there won’t be any austerity measures<\/a>, a bulletin that should endear him to employees and customers alike. The market’s better off with these old riverboat deckhands aboard in place of Colony Capital<\/strong>‘s insane clown posse.<\/p>\n

Not “real jobs”?<\/strong>
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