President Obama has at least twice used Las Vegas as an example of where people often wastefully spend, or even gamble, their money. The context he used was in how the executives from the companies recently bailed out on the back of the tax payers checkbook ought not be wastefully spending that money. He made reference of Las Vegas as a place where such an activity takes place.
The mayor of Las Vegas strenuously objected to Las Vegas being used as such an example.
I've got news for the mayor. That is how many of the people of the United States, perhaps most, view Las Vegas. Many of the people I know, when planning a visit to said city, call it "Lost Wages." So, the home of the Quickie Wedding (and quickies of many sorts, I'm sure), of cheesy lounge acts, mass quantities of money lost to gambling, liquor, sex, and entertainments of various sorts, has a reputation that lends itself to such comparisons. No amount of protest by the mayor can change that. It is what it is.
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Perhaps, not anymore.
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