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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 | 7:16 a.m.
It is beautiful when people who don't like or trust each other come together and bond - in this case, over bonds. There was no more bitter separation than the one between the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and the gaming industry after the 2003 legislative session. The gamers wanted to tax business; business didn't want to be taxed the way the gamers wanted to do it. The fight and the recriminations were ugly. Now comes word that the chamber is siding with the gamers, minus Sheldon Adelson, on the Adelson-Jim Gibbons room tax diversion plan that the convention authority says will destroy its bonds. It is so moving, this marriage of convenience. I now believe there is hope for anyone looking for true love.
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