Letter: Handbill pushers annoy tourist

Friday, Oct. 19, 2001 | 10:05 a.m.

I have been visiting Las Vegas at least twice a year for more than 25 years, but I don't recall ever being harassed or having my path blocked so frequently as I did last week by people handing out handbills touting various "escort" services.

On Friday night I left the Imperial Palace to walk over to the Bellagio, and I don't think I went four steps in a row without being accosted by one of these street hustlers. I know they have a right to do so, but do not we pedestrians also have a right of safe passage without knocking into one of them, or into another pedestrian in an effort to avoid their aggressive thrusting of unwanted material in our faces?

PATRICK LUMINELLO New York City<>/b>

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