NIGHT AND DAY THROUGH THE STORM’S EYES
SNOWFALL AT “LITTLE FALLS” IN MT. CHARLESTON
THE SNOW SQUALL MOVES IN
IT APPROACHES CATHEDRAL ROCK
THE HAND OF THE SQUALL COMES FROM BEHIND
IT OVERWHELMS AND CONQUERS THE MOUNTAIN
THE WHITEOUT FINALLY ARRIVES
THE MIGHTY SUN BREAKS THROUGH
AND NOW IT HAS HIT HOME…………….
National City Mortgage, a Miamisburg, Ohio division of National City Corporation has been sued in Federal District Court, by Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Oliva of Las Vegas, Nevada, charging the corporation and its personnel here in Las Vegas with Fraud, multiple Truth-in-Lending Violations, Breach of Contract, Gross Negligence, and other related charges. These charges center around a 3-year ARM that was sold to this local couple in May 2005, as the 7-year ARM they were expecting and wanted, but the 3-year ARM they were told to sign, used the 7-year rate of 5.625% not the lower 3-Year ARM interest rate that prevailed in May 2005. When the couple pointed out the mistake at initial signing, they were told by the Senior Loan Processor to sign the documents anyway to lock in the interest rate as it would be fixed. They assured the home buyers that “it would have never gotten by the examiner.” The broker’s office was also called at closing and the Senior Loan Processor reiterated “that the paperwork was fixed” and the couple indeed had a 7-year ARM at 5.625%. When the couple received a letter in May 2008 from National City Mortgage informing them of the 3-year ARM, they called twice and were told in essence that there was nothing National City Mortgage could do about it. When the couple then wrote a letter on May 7, 2008 and demanded that National City stop this illegal loan and contact them, which was a formal rescission letter, National City ignored them. The couple then contracted and retained The Bach Law Firm, LLC who also sent them a letter to try and resolve the situation, but they too were completely ignored. The couple is current in their mortgage payments, have FICA scores of 850 and 840 respectively, have no credit card debt or car payments and have the best of credit. The couple can only assume that National City is aware of the penalties from the automatic Truth-In-Lending Act, Regulation Z and is ignoring the federal law, forcing the couple to spend vast sums of money to defend themselves. No other explanation exists for National City Mortgage to allow the federal law’s 20 day response requirement to expire after the rescission notice or to ignore The Bach Law Firm’s letter. In the lawsuit, the couple are seeking compensatory damages, treble damages, punitive damages, statutory damages, and attorney’s fees.
For additional information or interviews, please contact Jason J. Bach, Esq. of The Bach Law Firm, LLC at (702) 925-8787.
On the 56th floor of The Palms Casino on Flamingo Road, the Ghostbar has become the ultra-slick social spot for celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Ashlee Simpson, the Kardashian family, Mario Andretti, Kid Rock or Pam (never at the same time), Avril Lavigne and more. The modern furniture outside and the incredible view of the city from all points is breathtaking. If that’s not enough, walk over and stand on the glass floor and look 55 stories straight down. It’s a rush whether you’ve had a few or not. The fun part is you, yes little old you, can go there and hang with your friends and enjoy yourselves drinking the special “Ghostini” to prepare you for an enchanting experience.
The name of the joint derives from the ceiling over the lounge by the bar, that has an intended ghostly appearance. You might see Bruce Willis or Halley Joel Osment without a ’sixth sense.’ It’s a hip place that fills up on the weekend so if you are not into crowds go during the week, however the ‘stars’ come out at night and one will never know who you will see. Across the street, the Rio’s Voodoo lounge was the hotspot years ago, but the change in ownership years ago turned a hot property with many firsts (first dance club, first wine bar, first ‘Show in the Sky,’ and many others) into a ho-hum sorta place. The Palms is the new hot spot, but no matter where you go here in Vegas, there are so many deals with vouchers for food, gaming, and hundreds of dollars for return trips, the time to come here is now while they are discounting everything because of the credit crunch. Just go online to Vegas.com and they are all there. If you’re in for a vacation no matter what the economy is doing, this is the place for value for your dollar. And one last word; if it really is the end of the world, well this is the place to party into oblivion. Hopefully, it will just be fun and worth the trip without the angst of reality.
It the words of Jeff Spicoli; Party on, Dudes!
We have the seventh busiest airport in the world here in Las Vegas and what began as a small terminal with portable steel stairs has evolved into a giant morass of four major terminals with more to be built. In this expansion the McCarran Airport Director, Randall Walker has been surrounded with controversy concerning inappropriate criminal land dealings (“I wasn’t informed to them and had no knowledge of them”); questionable vendor awards with connections to Las Vegas officials for businesses inside the airport; and other business dealings that have failed to sully his reputation. His most memorable legacy will be the complete idiocy, stupidity, and incompetence of the construction of roads and signage leading to and from this airport that will guarantee that you will do the “airport loop” at least once until you finally get the reckless courage to take on the cabs and buses that will cut you off before you can make an intelligent decision to have to move four, yes that’s four lanes to get into a correct lane for either Departures or Arrivals. Then that’s no guarantee that you will be in the correct lane for very long.
If you are picking someone up, be mindful that if you follow the signs you will end up in long term parking, have to go all the way through the long term parking garage with your ticket, proceed to the exit where you explain to the attendant, who has heard this story a hundred thousand times and just opens the gate for you to drive back to the chaos of switch-crossings and death-defying maneuvering without even acknowledging your existence.
If you are heading to Departures be mindful that you will hit a concrete embankment if you proceed by the signage so stay right (but not too far right) drive close to, but without actually plowing into the bridge, and if you miss the Departures turnout, it will then take you out of the airport’s frustrating confusing circuitous route and drop you out on Tropicana Avenue if you don’t get in the correct lane in less than 3.5 seconds after you finally get four lanes over fighting those cabs and buses that are doing 50 miles an hour on a 25 mile an hour roadway blocking your every move to do so. Got all that? Did you remember to carry the one?
The pure arrogance of Mr. Walker, who by the way is the brother-in-law of Henderson’s Mayor James Gibson (he doesn’t want anyone to know that, I’m sure) is his statement years ago in the press that read “The roads weren’t built for residents, they were built for tourists who use the cabs and buses, and the cabs and buses know which way to go.” My last statement is simply, Mr. Randall Walker as you begin to prepare to go to work for a private company that did millions of dollars of work for McCarran Airport and now will be a part of the new airport being planned in Ivanpah near Primm, where you will undoubtedly screw that system completely up; we residents here in Las Vegas know as “the cabs and buses know where to go,” where you should go as well. And it’s much hotter there than Vegas in August with no hope of a monsoon or fall weather. Ahh, arrogance always induces pride before the fall. Don’t let a bus run you over.
I was doing some research the other day and stumbled across lists of things about Las Vegas that I thought might interest readers. For the whole history of Las Vegas in Wikipedia go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada
Here are a few interesting anomalies for you:
LIST OF THE NAMES OF CASINOS THAT NEVER OPENED
“Addams Family” Themed Resort, Asia Resort and Casino, Beau Rivage, Caribbean Casino Cascada, City by the Bay Resort and Casino, Countryland USA, Crown Las Vegas, DeVille Casino, Harley-Davidson Hotel and Casino, Jockey Club Casino, London Resort and Casino, Montreux Resort, Moon Resort and Casino, Palace of the Sea Resort and Casino, Titanic (that one would have hit a few snags), Unnamed “Haunted House” Casino, “South Beach” Casino, World Trade Center (that would have been a real bad idea), World Wrestling Federation (that one came close), Xanadu, and my own fantasy favorite “The Unknown Comic Casino” where everyone wears bags on their heads with holes for the eyes, nose, and mouth.
Movies Shot in Las Vegas
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1960 Ocean’s Eleven |
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1964 Viva Las Vegas |
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1971 Diamonds Are Forever |
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1982 Things Are Tough All Over |
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1984 Starman |
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1986 Desert Bloom
1988 Rain Man |
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1992 Cool World |
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1992 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid |
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1994 The Stand |
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1995 Casino |
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1995 Leaving Las Vegas |
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1995 Showgirls |
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1996 Mars Attacks! |
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1997 Vegas Vacation |
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1997 Con Air |
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1997 Fools Rush In |
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1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery |
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1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
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1998 Lethal Weapon 4 |
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1999 Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box |
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2000 Pay it Forward |
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2001 Rush Hour 2 |
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2001 Ocean’s Eleven |
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2001 Rat Race |
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2001 The Mexican |
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2001 Memento |
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2001 America’s Sweetheart |
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2002 Getting There |
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2003 The Cooler |
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2004 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story |
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2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous |
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2005 Lucky You |
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2006 Rocky Balboa |
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2007 Ocean’s Thirteen |
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2006 ‘21’ |
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10 Famous Weddings in Las Vegas
1. Perhaps the most famous wedding ever to commence under the Vegas sky was between the King himself, Elvis Presley, and Priscilla Anne Beaulieu.
2. A mere four years before her untimely death, actress Judy Garland married Mark Herron in 1965.
3. In the spring of 1989, rock star Jon Bon Jovi married Dorothea Hurley in the heart of Las Vegas.
4. Ringing in the 1990’s was heavy metal legend and king of procrastination Axl Rose marrying Erin Evelyn at Cupid’s Wedding Chapel.
5. Former NBA superstar and rebounder extraordinaire Dennis Rodman married actress and supermodel Carmen Electra in November of 1998.
6. In one of the most unlikely weddings imaginable, Billy Bob Thornton tied the knot with Tomb Raider goddess Angelina Jolie in Vegas on May 5, 2000.
7. Famous Actor Mickey Rooney married Eva Gardner in January of 1942.
8. Film star and Vietnam War protestor Jane Fonda made headlines in 1991 when she married billionaire TV mogul Ted Turner.
9. In 1966, Rat Pack member Frank Sinatra entered into a year and half long marriage to Mia Farrow in Las Vegas.
10. In 1989, 26 tear old NBA icon Michael Jordan married 30 year old Juanita Vanoy at the Little White Wedding Chapel.
Las Vegas Personalities
The lists could go on and on but that’s all for now.
Pictures from my balcony deck
I was standing on my deck overlooking the mountains when a small plane, a Piper-Cherokee, came in over the tree tops not 100 feet away from my house. It was apparent that they were attempting to make an emergency landing. If they had been able to travel another 300 feet they might have made it to the Mary Jane Falls trail parking area, but the left wing hit an electrical pole and that pulled the plane left and down into the ground and it exploded instantly. Fuel went into the air and started fires over a hundred feet from the crash site. By the time a fire truck was on the scene many more were needed and it got out of control quickly. Metro police didn’t arrive until much later, and there was chaos everywhere with tourists running through the woods right next to the fire. The plane was completely charred and almost unrecognizable. The heat from the fire was oppressive and I could feel the intensity over 300 feet away. I watched as 90ft. pine trees went up as if they were doused in gasoline.
It is apparent we are not prepared as well as we should be up here in Mt. Charleston on the weekends with the large increase in visitors and no local authorities patrolling. I gave up complaining at town meetings years ago. Nothing was ever done because there were too many entities that thought the other ones should be responsible, so essentially no one did anything. The Forest Service, the Metropolitan police, the State Parks person, the Mt. Charleston committee, the Clark County Commissioners..etc. (Get the idea?) In the snows of winter, utter chaos ensues. Why?-No patrols. In the summer, an overload from the Vegas valley below. Families will pull into vacant houses and use them as if they were their own, setting up a barbeque and using the outdoor patio, tables and chairs. If we neighbors didn’t police ourselves no one would.
Eventually, we were told to evacuate the scene at approximately 6pm and I left rather than chance the possibility of smoke inhalation if the wind had shifted in the night. There were no survivors of the four people in the plane.
Only in Nevada do we allow unpatrolled large recreational acreage that is also extremely fragile and extreme fire hazards as well. Only in Nevada do we allow the sale of fireworks in a dry desert on the week preceding July 4th, and allow airspace above impossible terrain to maintain, to be used by anyone that can fly a plane. This one came within a hundred feet to have destroyed my home and many others around me. So where’s our protection? You can’t smoke in a bar without the health police fining the establishment, but you can destroy an entire fragile environment with the government’s blessing. It’s a wayward cowboy mentality. Use it, abuse it, and the hell with anyone else. If there was a single desert tortoise involved, holy hell would break loose and there would be a bevy of BLM busybodies bitching and bellowing.
Ah yes, the twisted contemporary attitude of the New West.
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I read a column from an local Atlantic County entertainment paper by Pinky Kravitz, a local personality who is still very active at over 80 years old and is probably the area’s biggest booster there ever was. He is the Larry Kudlow of Atlantic City in that respect. I have known him from many years of working in Atlantic City and he is a true gentleman.
In his article he quotes facts and figures that he found in a 1925 realtor pamphlet. I had to share them with you to put in perspective the comparison of Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Here we go:
“In that year, the permanent population of Atlantic City was approximately 65,000 people. The average population in the city at that time, including seasonal visitors, was about 100,000 people. It was estimated that the annual number of visitors to Atlantic City was 10 million.
There were about 1,000 hotels in Atlantic City in 1925, there were 13 churches of all denominations in the city………The city had six ocean piers. There were 21 movie theaters. There were 400 sailing and fishing yachts and power launches at the various docks in the city. There were two double-track steam railroads, there were two double-track steam railroads to New York.
There were six newspapers. There were three life-saving stations. There were three hospitals in Atlantic City. Within the city‘s limits, there were three golf courses. There were 100 doctors and surgeons who lived in Atlantic City and there were 12 bank and trust companies.”
And now….
“Today’s permanent population is down to 45,000. Today’s Atlantic City hosts 34 million visitors (mostly day trippers). There are 14 major hotels and few guesthouses and many less churches.
There are four piers left that extend out over the water now: The Pier at Caesars, Central Pier, Steel Pier and the Garden Pier. The city’s movie theaters dropped from 21 to 1. There is only one set of rail tracks for trains to Philadelphia; currently there is no train service directly to New York, There is no daily newspaper, plant or office based in Atlantic City; there is one daily that covers the city and the region.
There is a miniature golf course on the Boardwalk, but no more golf courses in the city. The number of doctors and surgeons in the city has dramatically decreased. The number of banks and trust companies has too.
The 1925 realtor pamphlet glowingly stated: “Today we find a gorgeous city … visited by 10 million people yearly, a city [that] personifies the Spirit of America at play. Originally just one of America’s numerous watering places, its sheer superiority makes it supreme as a summer playground, while of late years it has become recognized more and more as the one great winter resort of the North.”
and now this last paragraph
“Atlantic City is a city in every sense of the word. It is one of the most interesting ones in America. There are miles of shops to supply every human want, with the wares of Paris and London, displayed side-by-side with the creations of America’s own artisans……. All other world-renowned resorts, piled into one cannot approach it in splendor — and none of them can rival it in interest or comfort. No treatment of Atlantic City’s institutions, however brief, is complete until its wonderful “Beauty Pageants” are brought into the picture. These pageants have become a national institution, attracting worldwide attention……
An airport, a pioneer of the world, and flying field in the south edge of the city, provide an aerial mail station and a good landing field for aircraft. Golf has an all season home here on three excellent and easily extensible courses. These links have acquired such prestige that Atlantic City may, with due modesty, claim to be one of the most important golfing centers of America.”
The irony of it is, that decribes Las Vegas today more than Atlantic City in 1925. That promotional narrative from 1925 could easily be lifted, Las Vegas’ name inserted, and would be found in any of today’s travel guides. The pity is that Atlantic City after 30 years and well over a trillion dollars of investment has yet to achieve, at the very least, what they once had.
The ever ebullient and positive cheerleader Pinky Kravitz, God bless his eternal optimistic soul, ends his column with this:
“With that kind of a background, you can understand why those of us who reside here love this wonderful city and its environs.”
To show such pride with the numbers and facts running against you, and the fastidious devotion is something I just can’t criticize; that we should have people here that are so loyal through so many years……
Las Vegas Motorist-Is that what that sound was a while back?
Las Vegas Resident-That there’s a gamblin’ chicken, let’s grab it and go play Mega Bucks!
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman-If one of those chickens even thinks they are going to sleep under an overpass I’ll send em’ packin’ to Utah!
Las Vegas’ Steve Wynn-We don’t cater to chickens crossing roads at our hotel unless they have a five star Mobil rating.
Las Vegas’ Sheldon Adelson (Venetian) We allow all chickens to have conventions here regularly, especially those who hate Steve Wynn.
Las Vegas Tropicana-We don’t want any more problems with poultry or any other culinary enterprise.
Las Vegas Governor Gibbons-Well if the little chick wants to have a drink with me, what’s the harm?
Las Vegas Reporter George Knapp-This chicken must have come from an alien craft at a place called ” S-4″ in Nevada’s Area 51, according to my source Bob Lazar, and actually flew across the road.
Las Vegas’ Water Authority’s Pat Mulroy-If you think that chicken is going to stop us from running this water pipeline to the north of this state, that’s pure chickenshit.
Siegfried & Roy-That chicken would have been safer than our tigers, for sure.
Pamela Anderson-This town has enough strutting breasts, who cares about this one?
Gary Waddell-We’re live with the Channel 8 helicopter and can report that the walk is now over and the casino evacuation has ended.
Nevada Tavern Owners Association-We cater to chickens that want to smoke and cross roads!
Nevada Health District-That chicken will never smoke in our taverns if we catch her, now if she crosses the road and gets hepatitis from a health clinic that’s a different matter.
Nevada Resident Heidi Fleiss-That chicken is welcome on my ranch anytime as long as she produces.
Brian Greenspun-That chicken has been ignored by the right wing fanatics of the media and should be allowed to cross and cross and cross as many roads as she wants.
The Las Vegas Sun-Whatever the Review Journal thinks, we disagree.
City Life Magazine-Unless that chicken wants to do an interactive interview from a brothel, we don’t care how many roads she crosses and stop trying to tell us what to print!
Las Vegas Weekly-We can’t use her unless she’s dripping wet with sexual innuendo and has triple D’s for our weekly cover.
And the now the rest of the country
Pat Buchanan-The chicken must be made to understand our values and morals and produce eggs to be a true American.
Mike Huckabee-I say if that chicken was here at this NRA meeting today, she’d hit the floor after hearing the shots fired!
Barack Obama-The chicken crossed the road because she was tired of the same old government and knew it was Time For A Change! (Hey did I just hear a shot fired?)
Hillary Clinton-I will not stop until every chicken has crossed the road safely with health care!
Bill O’Reilly-That chicken is flaunting our laws and our way of life and should be eaten!
Al Gore-I don’t really care about that chicken, I’m too busy collecting Nobel Prizes.
President Bush-I have seen this chicken and she is a terrorist and will be caught by our military soon.
Nancy Grace-She brought it on herself, the slut, by going out and exposing her breasts to the public, I don’t have any sympathy if she made it or not!
Elliot Spitzer-The chicken crossed the line the same way I did and deserves to be left alone.
Bill Clinton-Anything with two legs can cross the line with me.
Newt Grinrich-That chicken is taking American jobs away from our people and should be sent back to the other side of the road immediately.
California Supreme Court-These chickens can marry and then cross the road, and the roosters have the same rights!
New Jersey Motorist-That god damn chicken didn’t pay a toll like the rest of us, the son-of-a-bitch!
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Spokespersons for Cedar Fair, the parent company of the old Paramount Parks corporation, has announced that they may be leaving the Las Vegas Hilton if a new lease isn’t signed by June of this year. Farewell Farengis, no more beaming up and down, no more taking the “con” and no more Khan. It has been more than 10 years that the expansive interactive entertainment exhibit has been operating here in Vegas, and many trek to the Hilton specifically for this experience. It is a fun ride/exhibit/fantasy show and one that may never be duplicated again. The waning interest in the television series and movies has not generated an interest in things “Star Trek” for a few years and as there are no plans for any further production of them, the future looks bleak for Trekkies and other curiousity seekers not so saturated with bootlegged Romulan ale. The opening of the experience takes you up the “turbolift” to the operating control room (the con) where live actors are piloting the Enterprise. It’s a bit awkward as these people stay in character as you gawk into this fantasy, but it makes for a lot of wide-eyed fun for children. For more see an article from Vegas’ Review Journal:
http://www.lvrj.com/news/18924724.html
And don’t blame me for bringing the bad news. I’m a blogger not a doctor, dammit, Jim!
This past weekend I was in Cape May to attend the wedding of one of my nieces. I grew up in South Jersey and lived “at the shore” for many years B.C. (before casinos) in Atlantic City. The old pier that housed Cafe Ole’ that I played at on Satuday nights is long gone replaced with multi-storied condos and the old rundown houses are now spiffy high-end Bed and Breakfast palaces. The entire bride’s wedding party and family were housed in one of these gorgeous 10 bedroom mansions, complete with an elevator and view of the ocean’s waves breaking, providing a harmonious drone in the background. Back in the seventies things were pretty grim. Unemployment was over 12% and there was no future for most people coming out of college or high school unless your family absorbed you into their own business. Then along came the promise of casino gambling. The first referendum failed but a year later, once the bill was modified exclusively for casinos just in Atlantic City, it was passed as “a unique tool of urban redevelopment.” More on this later.
The wedding was beautiful as the town it was held and the next day we went to Ocean City’s boardwalk to enjoy the sunny day before heading back home. Ocean City is “America’s Resort” just as The Dallas Cowboys are “America’s Team.” No alcohol allowed, the former Methodist retreat is loaded with families with young and innocent kids with hormones just kicking in and no where to go, so walking, mingling with their peers helps vent some of that angst away. I spent many a night here, as did many of my high school friends, some of whom I immortalized in my book “Only Moments,” as we cavorted and danced the dance of sweet youth and lived on George’s cocoanut macaroons and Taylor pork roll sandwiches.
My brother-in-law and I have had long discussions about Atlantic City and the changes the town has seen through the years. My first year of college was in The Mayflower Hotel on the boardwalk because Stockton State College hadn’t finished building on time to open in the fall. Now….you want to talk party school? Imagine a 17 year-old freshman sandwiched in between a Red-Light District on the right and a randy party-time gay community on the left, and the beach and boardwalk in the front. The stories are legendary and someday I’ll tell a few. Nonetheless, my wife’s brother told me of the lack of business and layoffs in the town that 30 years later has absolutely no excuses for being anything but first rate, but never saw that promise come to fruition due to political power brokering, the lack of great customer service, paranioid stranglehold regulations on the casinos and the lack of leadership to force a complete renovation of the city and it’s slums. That monopoly is now over. To assist in their woes over the years they jacked-up prices on rooms, food, and the casino tables can’t be broached with less than $20 a hand on weekends. The city itself is still dangerous (I worked there for over 15 years, trust me) and the State of New Jersey has the audacity to make you pay to park to gamble your money away. The outlying states have now figured out how easy this money can be made and why travel to Atlantic City to gamble? After all, then Governor Brendan Bryne declared 30 years ago that “Atlantic City would never become like Las Vegas!” So, ahem……there’s really no reason to go there other than gambling now is there? Shopping abounds elsewhere, as do concerts, restuarants, etc. So who’s crying now? That you should even be worthy of shining Las Vegas’ shoes at this point, would be a plus to be quite frank. Money taken-in is not a measure of success-it is the mystique of this city as well as the superior attitude and operations of the State of Nevada, Clark County, and our wonderful mayor Oscar Goodman that allow Las Vegas to remain competitive and thriving. Now that being said, here is a message for my former employing corporate entities:
Las Vegas Operators, learn from this mistake! Don’t be so stupid as to think your lunch cannot be eaten by someone else. You are not insulated from the world. Stop trying to take every buck out of your customers. Stop raising prices on rooms, food, entertainment, and by the way-while were talking about entertainment-try employing musical entertainment for patrons to hear free-yes, free, like it used to be all over this city. You’ve been warned to wake up and take care of your customers. Remember, they don’t have to come here, they have many other vacation options now. Focus on customer service in fact, not in words and give them a reason to be here. Any experienced casino operator will tell you it was inexpensive food, rooms, and loose slots that brought them here. Just because Steve Wynn built the Mirage, doesn’t mean every new place has to be bathed in gold, mosaic tile, tidal waves and gorgeous Sirens, or Austrian Crystal. Just make them to be enjoyed and you will continue to prosper without all that overhead!
As for New Jersey- Cape May, Ocean City, Avalon, Wildwood, Strathmere, and the like up and down the coast are waiting for your enjoyment without expecting you to spend your entire nest egg in one day. Enjoy your treasures of nature, they are priceless! Imagine if we had beachfront property here………maybe after the big one…….just kidding!
nick oliva
