Celine Dion ended her magnificent 5 year stay at Caesar’s Palace Las Vegas on December 15, 2007.
Shortly thereafter Las Vegas slid into the abyss.
Celine Dion brought the World to Las Vegas. Her absence has created a huge void. Vegas needs healing and Celine is our answer.
Prediction (sincere wish), the Recession, the Economic Downturn will end when Miss Celine Dion returns to the stage in Las Vegas. Look for that to happen early next year, fingers crossed. 
YCS Taxi Drivers Force ITPE Union to End Illegal Union-Dues Scheme
The old ruse by Unions that one has to wait for a special calendar period, referred to as “window periods”, to usually stop paying them dues or others fees, has been thrown out by the NLRB.
Las Vegas, Nevada (May 13, 2009) – With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, a cab driver working for the largest taxi business in Las Vegas forced a local union’s bosses to back down after they refused to allow him and his coworkers to exercise their right to refrain from formal, dues-paying union membership.
Late last year, Fred Haeberle and some of his colleagues at the Nevada Yellow, Checker and Star Cab Corporations attempted to resign from formal, dues-paying union membership with the Industrial, Technical, and Professional Employees (ITPE) union – a local union of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), an AFL-CIO affiliate.
ITPE union bosses maliciously refused Haeberle’s request – saying he had “no standing” to assert his rights. Haeberle then turned to the National Right to Work Foundation for free legal aid.
In the Foundation-assisted Pattern Makers v. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) United States Supreme Court case, the Court held that employees have the right to resign from union membership at any time. And Nevada’s Right to Work law prohibits union officials from compelling employees to join or pay dues to a union.
After Foundation attorneys filed a federal charge with the NLRB for Haeberle (and others similarly situated), the ITPE union acknowledged that Haeberle’s request indeed had standing, but still wrongly claimed that he had to wait until a designated “window period” of time in order to resign from union membership.
Only when the NLRB Regional Office seemed poised to prosecute the violations did ITPE union officials back away from this illegal “window period” policy. The threat of prosecution forced ITPE union officials to admit Haeberle’s original union membership resignation letter was indeed effective, and they agreed to settle. ITPE union bosses must also now post a notice stating that they will no longer deny workers of their right to refrain from union membership or use “window periods” to prevent workers from exercising their right to resign from formal union membership.
“Union bosses are interested in one thing, and one thing only: money,” said Stefan Gleason, vice president of National Right to Work. “Workers should not have to get an attorney, nor face ugly union intimidation and stonewalling tactics, when they try to exercise their legal rights under Nevada’s popular Right to Work law.”
Why? because Rick’s understands to increase your traffic flow and thus your bottom-line, you must reward your best sales people..namely Taxi Drivers.
Rick’s about a month ago decided to up the bounty paid to taxi drivers beyond what other strip club operators were paying out. This move has created all manner of upset including lawsuits and harassment in the media by hired guns such as attorneys Al Marquis and his muckraking sidekick Mark Fierro.
Here’s a couple of Forum posts right here on this website with more info:
http://lasvegas-taxidriver.com/forum/index.php/topic,781.0.html
http://lasvegas-taxidriver.com/forum/index.php/topic,782.0.html
http://www.ricks.com/pressreleases/200/pr.aspx
HOUSTON- (May 6, 2009) – Rick’s Cabaret International, Inc. [NASDAQ-GM:RICK], premier operator of upscale gentlemen’s clubs, said today its sales in April climbed to a record $7.37 million, a 44.6 percent gain over April 2008 revenues.
"Our newest acquisition in Las Vegas is becoming a powerful contributor with sales of $1.86 million in April, as our aggressive marketing approach has made us one of the top adult entertainment destinations in Vegas," said Eric Langan, President and CEO of Rick’s Cabaret.
So Las Vegas Taxi Drivers have been accused of Extortion. We have been told we are killing business and the bottom lines of these Adult Entertainment operators.
To all that all I can say is BULLSHIT.
The truth is there is plenty of business for everybody. The customer who maybe goes to Rick’s may have just been at Bada Bing’s club and was talked into continuing his night by a helpful cabbie. The customer at Rick’s, because of the marketing done by a cabbie, spent some time there and less standing around doing little back at his hotel.
To the believers in SCARCITY, I say wake the hell up people.
Nothing is better for the business of Las Vegas Taxi Drivers than a good boxing match. This Saturday Night, May 2nd, 2008 we get our wish, a major Title Fight is at the MGM Grand.
How the offshore Books see the Fight:
IBO Light Welterweight Title (12 rds. – 140 lbs.)
May 2 — Las Vegas
MANNY PACQUIAO -275
RICKY HATTON +190
Over 9.5 Rounds -155
Under 9.5 Rounds +125
courtesy of BETUS
May the best man win!
Sunday thru Thursday, Flamingo Blvd from Interstate 15 to Koval lane which crosses the Las Vegas Strip becomes an annoying traffic construction zone.
The project has it’s own website since actually the project is being privately financed by the Harrahs Company. The website is FlamingoPowerLines.com
The purpose of the project is to take the power lines which now run thru Hotel properties like these between Bill’s Casino and the Flamingo Hotel, and move them underground, under Flamingo blvd.
By doing this Harrahs, which owns Bill’s, the Flamingo, and Caesar’s Palace down Flamingo and across the Las Vegas Strip from the other two, adds value to these properties. Views will be cleaned as guests will no longer have ugly electrical transmission lines out their hotel windows.
The Historical angle to all this involves a young Steve Wynn, a very old Howard Hughes, a savvy banker named E. Parry Thomas, and Caesar’s Palace. In 1971, Valley Bank, at Parry’s urging, lent $1.2 million to Steve Wynn, which Wynn used to buy a narrow strip of land next to the Caesars Palace, right on the major thoroughfare, Flamingo Road. Earlier Parry had tried to sell the land to Caesars Palace but they weren’t interested. Wynn then announced plans to build the world’s narrowest casino, motivating Caesars to buy the land for $2.25 million. With none of his own money invested, Wynn made $1 million on the deal. This gave Wynn enough money to buy a significant interest in the Golden Nugget Hotel in downtown Las Vegas and soon take over the company. Many cite this deal as the start of Steve Wynn’s long and illustrious connection to Las Vegas.
The impediment of these lots has always been unsightly power lines running above. This has not stopped development of these parcels as Caesars has two towers on their side called Octavius Tower (still under construction) and the Augustus Tower. Bill’s, formerly the Barbary Coast, and the Westin Casurina further east on Flamingo Blvd all contend with these transmission lines. Those days are about to end.
The power lines can be seen toward the bottom of the photo.
Harrahs obtained the Barbary Coast, renamed it Bill’s Gambling Hall, from Coast Casinos/Boyd Gaming in a swap for land Harrahs controlled next to the since imploded Stardust Hotel. Boyd, needed the land as part of their Echelon Project which is going in where the Stardust used to be.
artist rendering of Echelon Las Vegas.
So there you go, what may appear to be a normal road project is actually another significant twist in a long saga of Las Vegas history.
In a special hearing today the Nevada Taxicab Authority denied Handicab LLC’s request to put up to 40 handicapped accessible taxis into service. Handicab claimed the handicapped population of Las Vegas is under served and they were needed.
Ultimately it is my opinion Handicab LLC was sunk because they should have requested a dozen licenses, not 40, and we are in a severe Recessionary Market for all taxicab services. It is clear to me, Handicab was just using the disabled to gain a new cab company license here in Las Vegas.
In a 3-0 vote in a special meeting, the Taxicab Authority voted to grant motions for summary judgment from seven would-be competitors of Handicab that effectively blocks the company from making its case for certification.
In the end, the Taxi Cab Authority Board denied the request. “I do want to praise Handicab for their desire to help the handicapped community, but that’s not (why) they asked the board to grant 40 new cabs,” Stacie Truesdell Michaels with the Taxicab Authority said.
KVBC Channel 3 NBC video about Handicab and the Taxicab Authority’s decision to deny them a License 4-7-2009
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