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Guest Column: Summer the Stripper Writes “Only in Vegas”
Only in Las Vegas, Nevada, would you see a man’s privates in public before dinnertime, and if you did happen to see said man’s now public privates, there’s a good chance it would be on Tropicana Boulevard.
A few weeks ago I was driving down Tropicana from the office of a service that offers “strippers to your room” when on the opposite side of the road, I saw a man in his fifties with only sweatpants on and his shirt laying on the ground. Reluctantly standing next to this guy was a man who picks up the trash for the Wild Wild West Casino and Truck Stop who was trying to do his job of emptying out the trash barrels along the road and parking lot of the property.
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The Happiest Mayor On Earth…
Our mayor, Oscar Goodman, is a man with both a colorful past and a colorful present. Goodman became widely known for representing mafia enforcer Tony “The Ant” Spilotro back in the day (Joe Pesci played the screen version of Tony Spilotro in “Casino” with not much but the name changed.) More recently he was given national attention for telling a class of fourth grade students if he were lost on a deserted island he’d like to have his favorite bottle of gin with him, because he really enjoys drinking, apparently, as he listed to the same group of kids “drinking” among his hobbies. He says he’s the George Washington of mayors, in that he can not tell a lie. Hell, I have to say – honesty is something refreshing in any politician, even if he might not be accused of speaking to his audience with the greatest sense of appropriateness.
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The Las Vegas Homeless Issue
There has been a great deal in the press in recent months regarding the homeless population in Las Vegas, and our mayor, Oscar Goodman, and his attempts to combat the associated problems. One of the main focal points of his administration has always been to revitalize the downtown area. There have been strides made in that area, to be sure, but the area is in transition, at best, and has lots of room for improvement. I absolutely commend our mayor for supporting awesome initiatives like the First Fridays art community movement and supporting any and all real estate redevelopment projects that have gone on and are currently under way.
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