{"id":9246,"date":"2012-06-20T08:42:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T16:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=9246"},"modified":"2012-06-20T09:31:14","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T17:31:14","slug":"hes-just-a-stooge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/hes-just-a-stooge\/","title":{"rendered":"“He’s just a stooge”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While I’m still on semi-hiatus, working on travel guides for USA Today<\/em> (the Downtown one got submitted last night), here’s a reminder that when Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> persuades — “coerces” might be more like it — its lenders into writing off billions in debt and postponing the maturity of billions more into 2015, it doesn’t simply vanish but impacts Main Street, U.S.A., instead. This ain’t Monopoly<\/em> money, folks, although you’d never know if from Caesars’ behavior. Meanwhile, the Las Vegas Business Press<\/em>, a grotesque parody of its former self, ran a peculiar editorial on the opening of Horseshoe Cleveland<\/strong>. The uncredited writer notes Caesars’ $19.5 billion in debt, that it’s underwater on cash flow vs. debt servicing and lost $688 million last year, then bizarrely concludes, “Caesars can and will be a vital company both in Las Vegas<\/strong> and throughout the U.S.” It’s too bad Sherman Frederick<\/strong> couldn’t have been fired before he castrated the Business Press<\/em>. Sad.<\/p>\n

If you’re gonna use pine tar<\/strong> in your pitching glove, don’t try to sneak it past<\/a> Washington Nationals<\/strong> Manager Davey Johnson<\/strong>. Remember, this is the same guy that got Los Angeles Dodgers<\/strong> closer Jay Howell<\/strong> busted for the exact same infraction during the 1988 NLCS, on a drizzly afternoon at Shea Stadium<\/strong> and with National League<\/strong> President Bartlett Giamatti<\/strong> in the front row. The man has a flair for drama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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