Pubdate: Thu, 23 Dec 2004
Source: Las Vegas Weekly (NV)
Copyright: 2004 Radiant City Publications, LLC
Contact:  http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1036
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/props.htm (Ballot Initiatives)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/marijuana+initiative
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)
Note: Non-drug-policy content snipped

IDEAS OF THE YEAR

Some Of The Concepts That Defined 2004

Dumb Is The New Stupid

"I was an idiot," Treasures attorney Mark Fiorentino told city officials 
this summer, by way of recanting his 3-year-old promise that if even one 
dancer from the upscale strip club was convicted for prostitution, the club 
owners would forfeit their license. "I had no idea what I was saying." 
(Treasures, having lost its liquor license, is now closed.) Speaking of 
being idiots, the backers of a medical marijuana initiative confirmed every 
stoner stereotype by forgetting to turn in a box containing 6,000 petition 
signatures. Not the best argument for your side, fellas. Also not making a 
good argument for himself was Las Vegas Convention and Visitor's Authory 
chief Manny Cortez, who joked, "Frankly, the biggest thing I've had to do 
the last few years is find a way to stay out of the way and let [the staff] 
do their jobs." Cortez's LVCVA salary: $243,360. "How much," R-J columnist 
Steve Sebelius asked, "is staying out of the way worth these days?"

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