{"id":94,"date":"2009-09-30T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blogs\/dmckee\/index.cfm\/2009\/9\/30\/From-the-mailbag-7"},"modified":"2009-09-30T16:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T20:47:00","slug":"from-the-mailbag-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/from-the-mailbag-7\/","title":{"rendered":"From the mailbag #7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presumably foiled once again by the Comment-Eating Server<\/strong>, reader kerr_mudgeon<\/strong> writes:<\/p>\n

From the article about the A.C. contract settlement: "In his praise of the deal, Don Marrandino<\/strong>, the Eastern Division president of Harrah's<\/strong>, appeared to refer indirectly to tortured negotiations with the United Auto Workers<\/strong> involving dealers, which have degenerated into a costly, bitter fight that is scaring away customers.<\/em><\/p>\n

Two and a half years after the union won representation elections at four Atlantic City<\/span><\/strong> casinos, it has yet to sign a contract with any of them.
\n"Harrah's is proud of its record as a responsible union partner as further evidenced by this contract which was developed and agreed to in just a few short weeks and without disruption to the business and employees," he said."<\/em><\/p>\n

– Is Harrah's equally proud that, after 2 1\/2 years, it can't negotiate a first contract with the other union?
\n~~~
\nAs for the hotels' prices for sheets, towels, etc., other posters' comments are correct: these are long-standing inflated charges intended to deter theft by room guests – and yes, I read of cases where guests stole the (unusable) TV remotes… and even the pictures on the walls.*<\/em><\/p>\n

(By the way, I bought a $10 3-cup coffee maker at Walgreen's Drugstore, downtown LV, on my last trip to use in my room; I'll buy another next trip.)
\nThere is a new revenue stream that David alludes to: High-end resorts selling robes, mattresses, wine glasses, etc. to hotel guests who appreciate the supposed superior quality of those goods – and are willing to pay inflated prices to own them.<\/em><\/p>\n

* — Editor's note<\/em>: The pictures in the hotel rooms at Casino X were the only things looked to be worth<\/em> stealing — but they weren't for sale.<\/p>\n

Give that man a blue ribbon<\/strong>: State Senate President David Williams<\/strong> of Kentucky<\/strong> may not be a friend of racinos but he hit the nail on the head recently. In a multi-point statement outlining his opposition to slots at Bluegrass State tracks, he said that horseracing was beset by "endemic" problems. He's the first public official that S&G<\/em> can recall stating an overdue truth: that the ailments afflicting the horsey set can be temporarily soothed by slot revenues, but not cured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Presumably foiled once again by the Comment-Eating Server, reader kerr_mudgeon writes: From the article about the A.C. contract settlement: "In his praise of the deal, Don Marrandino, the Eastern Division president of Harrah's, appeared to refer indirectly to tortured negotiations … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23,51,14,7,67,116,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}