In recent days, there has been a big brouhaha over the increase of independent street vendors on the Las Vegas strip selling varieties of bottled water, flogging cheap sunglasses, donning costumes for tips, and what-have-you.
A local news station (Fox 5 News) just reported bright-and-early this morning that City Officials - such as publicity-hungry Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak - are trying to curb these practices to allegedly clean up the strip.
Sisolak argued that because bottled-water was not sold by licensed vendors, the issue of safety was of prime concern.
Where is the product being bottled?
Is it safe?
In response, one of the independent businessmen noted in a television interview that he tried to apply for a business license, but he was informed by Officials at the license bureau, that it would be next to impossible to obtain a nod of approval from the Las Vegas licensing bureau.
Why?
Greedy Casino owners (and bosses) are running interference and trying to shut-out local businessmen trying to compete in the marketplace on the Las Vegas strip.
Which brings us to the ripe issue of Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak.
He is working on behalf of the Casino owners to achieve their end and it raises a red flag in my estimation.
The Commissioner should be acting on behalf of all constituents and not just a select powerful few.
Frankly, I think that Mr. Sisolak should be investigated to determine if he is taking any payola from the Corporate heads of these giant business entities who own the Hotels on the strip to lobby on their behalf.
News at 11!
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