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“Kay,” a dancer from Deja Vu Showgirls, performs some pole dancing moves while inside a truck with strippers from Little Darlings to advertise the clubs on the Las Vegas Strip late in the evening Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The image shot won the top photography award in the Nevada Press Association contest.
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 | 2 a.m.
Stripper-Mobile in Limbo
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The stripper-mobile is off the streets for now, and the Clark County Commission has proposed to amend a law that would keep it off the streets for good. In this video, see footage of the truck in its prime and hear Deja Vu Showgirls marketing director Larry Beard defend his innovative advertising technique. Another business may have it driving down the street again within two weeks.
Steve Sisolak
Chris Giunchigliani
Sun Archives
- Homes have unwanted Strip view: Parked billboards (9-24-2009)
- Las Vegas weighing regulation of mobile billboards (9-19-2009)
- How many walk the LV Strip? Mobile message deliverer now knows the answers (6-29-2009)
- Should they be banned? (3-27-2009)
- Billboards on trucks to face a review (4-8-2008)
- Jeff Simpson on why mobile billboards are worse than an eyesore (3-26-2006)
- LVCVA uses mobile billboards (8-23-2004)
- Deal on wheels: Vehicle owners earning income, glances with decorated rides (8-30-2001)
Even the men who hand out “nude girls direct to your room” cards stopped their hawking long enough to do some gawking at the “stripper-mobile” as it rolled down the Strip on Monday night.
It’s akin to a small U-Haul truck but with Plexiglas surrounding the brightly lit cargo area instead of walls. In the middle is a gleaming stripper pole. Swinging around the pole is a scantily clad young woman. Two of her fellow strippers are in the back of the truck too, awaiting their turns.
Puttering up and down Las Vegas Boulevard on Monday night, it was photographed by nearly everyone it pulled alongside, from CityCenter construction workers to an SUV-load of 20-somethings from Colorado.
It’s the ultimate advertising vehicle, said Larry Beard, marketing director for Déjà Vu Showgirls. Having run the truck up and down the Strip late at night and into the wee hours for only the past 11 days, he claims it has doubled business at the all-nude Déjà Vu and Little Darlings gentlemen’s clubs.
“It’s just a great idea that really works,” Beard said.
If a couple of county commissioners get their way, however, it might soon be a late, great idea. Arguing that state and county laws prohibit the use of a public right of way for advertising-only vehicles, as well as the possibility that the distracting nature of the, ahem, advertising is such that it could cause accidents, commissioners plan to discuss it at Tuesday’s board meeting.
“You could have 10 of them out there pretty quick and a million people just staring,” Commissioner Steve Sisolak said Tuesday. “We have to get a handle on it before it gets too out of hand.”
But inside the nearly soundproof rectangle that literally glows from a distance, Kay, 21, and Alyssa and Bella, both 20, were concerned about the pole slipping out of their hands. They balanced on clear-plastic high heels and laughed and posed. Their bikini tops and bottoms are skintight to try to prevent any wardrobe malfunctions during acrobatics on the pole.
Kay used a loudspeaker to urge onlookers to come see her sans clothing at Déjà Vu.
A young man in a passing SUV waved a fistful of dollars out his window. The double-takes spread like a wave through the pedestrians on the sidewalk.
“This is what Las Vegas is all about,” said Beard, marketing director for six business entities including Déjà Vu Showgirls, Little Darlings and Hustler Topless gentlemen’s clubs. “You come here to see something you can’t see anywhere else in the world.”
The reaction, and effectiveness of the advertising, “has been phenomenal,” said Fred Robertson, whose company, Rolling Ads, provides the truck. “Most people don’t pay attention to billboards. We go out and people are just waiting to see it.”
Beard said this is an alternative to paying huge tips to cabdrivers to bring in customers.
“So we’re going down the Strip and some cabbie is telling someone, ‘Déjà Vu is closed’ or ‘Déjà Vu burned down,’ and then we drive by and the customer is saying, ‘Uh-uh, take me there,’ ” Beard said. The stripper-mobiles “are like Pied Pipers out there on the Strip,” he added.
The clubs need this, they say. Business has been bad.
That argument won’t fly with some county commissioners, though.
Sisolak, for example, was spurred by a letter from a constituent, Ann Mueller, who told the Sun her grandson saw the stripper-mobile on Paradise Road around 5 p.m. Friday. (Beard said the truck usually only rolls from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. but went early that night to accommodate a TV news crew.)
Mueller said in her letter: “This is not only disgusting but very dangerous” because it could cause a traffic accident.
But nothing about the women or the truck is illegal, a Metro Police spokesman said. “As long as it’s not impeding traffic, it’s fine,” Officer Jacinto Rivera explained.
Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani contends that Metro doesn’t enforce the law on mobile billboards in public rights of way because officers don’t have the time.
“But just because no one has enforced it doesn’t mean it’s not the law,” she said. “I don’t care about the content or that they’re female dancers. I’m sick of the women, in fact — let’s get some men up there for once. But this is just illegal.”
Business owner Marla Letizia previously defeated efforts to outlaw her company’s mobile billboards. She finds the stripper-mobiles “disgusting,” however, and hopes commissioners ban them.
“They won’t say it, but this is truly about content,” Letizia said. “It’s time someone in the community has the guts to say this is about class and decency in our community.”
If that argument is made, it is unlikely to withstand a court challenge, lawyer Allen Lichtenstein said. “It’s a First Amendment issue and commercial speech is protected speech,” he explained.
The stripper-mobile would not qualify as obscene, indecent or harmful to minors — “there’s nothing illegal about it,” he said.
Then again, maybe there doesn’t need to be. County sources say some of the powerful owners of Strip properties want the stripper-mobile stopped.
Seems to me the police department is ignoring its responcibility here. The strippers are passengers being transported in the back of a truck, traveling without wearing seat belts. There is a total lack of consideration for the safety of these women traveling in a moving vehicle.
Besides which, it's tacky.
this is wrong...
it must be stopped...
people with children vacation in vegas...
this crap just drives visitors away...
those hooker cards are wrong too...
where the hell are the casino execs...
this crap hurts their businesses...
it must be stopped...
I'll wait till I see it on the strip before I comment, but if something screws up a questionable but perhaps legal idea,...it will be government.
"Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani contends that Metro doesn't enforce the law on mobile billboards in public rights of way because officers don't have the time."
good point...
they're too busy killing people!!!
"If that argument is made, it is unlikely to withstand a court challenge, lawyer Allen Lichtenstein said. "It's a First Amendment issue and commercial speech is protected speech," he explained.
The stripper-mobile would not qualify as obscene, indecent or harmful to minors --"there's nothing illegal about it," he said.
wrong!!!
the old legal standard for obsenity works just fine here...
you know it when you see it...
when you are walking down the street with a child this crap is obscene...
period...
end of story...
besides it's not about the first amendment anyway...
it's about regulating the public health, safety and welfare...
there will be car accidents because of these traveling stripper poles...
people will die in those accidents caused by these traveling stripper poles...
period...
end of story...
The article mentions laws against "advertising only" vehicles. Haven't the officials seen all of the trucks up and down the strip advertising "hot babes" or various shows? You would think the anti pollution folks would have stopped them years ago.
Are there seat belt laws in Nevada?
Why would a cab driver say they're "closed or burned down"? Cheetah's must be paying them a bigger commission for customers.
Birdie, Metro saved that gal's life from her out of control, knife wielding son. HIS actions got him killed by officers protecting the rest of us.
Geez, what about the good ol' "image aspect" of vegas. Right now, we need tourists, not people saying "lets pass on vegas - all they want to promote are strippers". I agree - at some point common sense and descentcy must prevail.
I will admit it is pretty tacky.... BUT....everyone can stop saying that people have their children out on the strip. The bus only drives around after 11pm at night.... and children should be in bed.... and they are not breaking the law... these girls have bikinis on... no thongs allowed... so what is obscene about it?? a pole trick is obscene?? most middle age wives are using poles as their new workout.. we live in SIN CITY... so everyone should get over themselves.. is it not the same thing to have gogo dancers in the casinos?? and there are seat belts in the truck for those wondering... so what exactly is the problem?? seems like they just got creative to me..
Why is so much garbage allowed in Las Vegas? The boundaries keep getting pushed. Now we're allowing strippers right in the public eye with the intent of attracting onlookers?? This isn't advertising, this is disgusting.
Perhaps it's time to get out of Vegas.
Forget the economic meltdown, weve got the moral meltdown!
THINK OF ALL THE FUN CONVELESCENT HOMES WOULD LOOSE.
BAD TASTE AND BAD IDEA
This is not about content. This is about vehicles in the public right of way on a highway specifically designed to transport visitors from point A to point B. Many other cities have banned these mobile billboards ( and now mobile strippers) and have won the legal challenges. If this community does not want this kind of advertising on the Strip or in your neighborhoods, then email, write and call your County Commissioner. Imagine, we are about to open a $9 billion dollar property with all the class and elegance a vacation destination can offer, only to have a line-up of these vehicles, both static and live, in front of City Center, all day everyday. The Las Vegas Strip deserves better and so do our visitors.
ATVDAD1-
Agreed. Between this, last summer's Prive scandal, and the shutdown of The Rio's pool, it almost feels like Pat Robertson and James Dobson are bringing their "Moral Majority" to Las Vegas. ENOUGH!
Whatever happened to "Sin City"? We're NOT Utah, so we need to stop pretending to be Utah. Let the Stripper-mobile drive and generate some badly needed business for our economy.
mrjb-
How about the freedom meltdown? George W. Bush trampled upon our Constitution in passing the USA (un)PATRIOT Act, illegally wiretapping our phones and emails, indefinitely detaining people not even charged with a crime, and torturing in our country's name... And as much as I want President Obama to succeed, it so far looks like he's not willing to go the distance to stop the attacks on our Constitutional rights.
And even worse, local governments have also gotten in the mix... Especially ours! Metro seems to routinely arrest people over nothing and hold them without even being charged with a crime. And now they want to be our Taliban-like "Vice & Virtue" enforcers? Gimme a break! Let the Stripper-mobile express its First Amendment rights and stop trying to silence Constitutionally protected free speech!
Disgusting.
This is uncalled for and doesn't need to be in our city. Who cares if it's "on the strip"? Come on, this is OUR CITY!!! It leaves a negative light on this city even if the truck only drives down Las Vegas Blvd at a certain time. We have to deal with the tacky "Hot Babes" truck, porn card flippers, and now this. It's very trashy. Visitors of Las Vegas know about our strip clubs. We don't need to advertise them with a young dancer in the back of a truck who is not secured. If that truck even hits a pothole, that girl is going to fall flat on her face and break her nose or worse yet, her neck.
the first amendment has limitations...
did you ever hear the old adage...
you can not yell fire in a crowed movie theater...
hmmm...
why...
because people will get hurt as the masses head for the exit...
same principle applies here...
you can not pole dance on the busiest street in town...
why...
because people who are driving cars will look...
and they will cause accidents...
and people will die in those accidents...
period...
end of story...
and please...
don't wrap yourselves in the constitution...
this isn't about the first amendment...
this isn't about standing up to a dictator...
this isn't about prohibiting censorship...
this is about putting dollar bills in the club owners pocket...
period...
end of story...
what is the greater good...
preventing people from dying in car accidents...
or...
putting dollars in the club owners pocket...
me...
i'll pick preventing those accidents...
every single time...
and twice on sunday...
period...
end of story...
Besides, if kids want to see scantily clad young women on stripper poles, they can just go watch the Teen Choice awards.
This seems like a huge legal liability. What happens after the first traffic accident where the stripper-mobile is blamed and someone sues Deja Vu?
Great idea,this is SIN CITY. I see more skin on the beach than I do in the PICs. For kid seeing this, they should not even be on the STRIP,the STRIP is a Adult play ground. For safty, see all those worker in the back of a pickup truck going to work.
Should we really be so offended? Cirque de Soliel has half naked men performing the same moves, charges $100+ per ticket and calls it art.
Siromega-
Well, thank "Luv-Guv" Gibbons for vetoing the mandatory seat belt law. Since there is none as of now, what is The Stripper-mobile doing that's illegal?
wolf-
THANK YOU! Finally, we have some common sense here. The Strip IS an adult playground, and we should be proud of this! Leave the moralizing to Utah, this is Nevada and we like our freedom! It doesn't even turn me on (I'm gay) and I'm not one to go to clubs like that, but that won't stop me from defending their First Amendment rights when under attack.
DocRebel, jspence07 & ilk -- pay attention. The girls are showing as much, if not less, than anyone would see at the average pool. Give it a rest -- not everyone agrees with your version of "disgusting."
Don't let the door hit your butts on your way out of Vegas.
atdleft, publicbj -- well said.
Wanna see "poll" dancing? Watch the Dems doing the side step (or is it step a side) in the next election!
Perhaps all this ruckus over the stripper-mobile is yet another good argument in favor of a real "red light district" in downtown LV. Let sin city be sin city in a restricted area. Legal, regulated and taxed. It's been done in Europe for ages!
The history of the world is littered with failed attempts at legislating morality. Besides, with casino gaming having spread across the country in recent years, LV needs to stay ahead of the curve to continue bringing visitors (and their money) to town.
I'm truly surprised that so many persons who claim to be "libertarians" find this notion so abhorrent. Liberty means liberty. If you don't like it, don't patronize it, or pack up the U-Haul and live elsewhere.
You're right! Las Vegas is the new Orlando. We cater to kids and families. I understand the city is in negotiations to sell the trademarks for "Sin City" and "What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas" to Cabo San Lucas.
You are where you are by choice. If you live in Rome don't try to change the city. You can change your attitude or change your location. This is getting out of hand, let's give the few thousand noisy, unhappy folks a one-way bus ticket and bring a bit of old Vegas back to town for the 2 million of us who love the decadence and perception of our city.
folks...why do you think this town exists?
why is it here?
it's for people to come here for things they can't get back in ohio, nebraska, etc.
look, vegas is down. way down. and it's not just the economy.
vegas has gotten stale. it needs some new ideas to bring back the excitement.
if i wanted slot machines, starbucks, and bebe stores, i'd stay in saint louis.
Let it be. If you don't like it don't look at it!
they're too busy killing people!!!
You'll thank Metro if they happen to kill someone aiming to hurt you or your family. But then again....maybe not.
Why is so much garbage allowed in Las Vegas? The boundaries keep getting pushed. Now we're allowing strippers right in the public eye with the intent of attracting onlookers??
I agree. Nice move toward making Las Vegas a place where you want to attract people to come and live, raise a family, etc. Oh wait -- forget it - that's not going to happen those people moving here; One essential piece is missing from that scenario: JOBS. So do the next best thing - flaunt nudity and womens' crotches. That'll bring in the multitude of tourist dollars so City Center won't have to lay off 8000 people next spring.
Yeah, I can imagine all the drunk gawkers who'll be watching these babes and then BAM - get hit by a car because they weren't payinhg attention.
What next for Vegas!
This can not be legal!Can it?
I do know one thing in Tennessee it is against the law for people to ride in the back of a Truck.What about seatbelt laws?
Las vegas might as well allow them to strip next on the side walks.Their must be something done.
Well I guess I cant take my kids to M&M world or the NASCAR store on the Strip anymore.So if the city and county allows this to continue They do not want families to come to Vegas.Bad enough we have to allow the scrum pass out cards of half dressed women on the sidewalks.
Way to go Vegas.Steve Wynn you got the power to stop this So fire away bud Please
Shut it down. Must be breaking some law -- seatbelt, driving hazard, public decency, something.
George W. Bush trampled upon our Constitution in passing the USA (un)PATRIOT Act, illegally wiretapping our phones and emails, indefinitely detaining people not even charged with a crime, and torturing in our country's name...
Don't be naieve. ALL that HAS HELPED keep our country and it's citizens safe. Wire tap and torture away as long as we get some of the bad guys since the terrorists LIVE AMONG US and have for years waiting patiently for an opportunity to kill as evidenced at Fort Hood.
BTW - TO ALL YOU VETERANS ON THIS BOARD:
THANK YOU A THOUSAND TIMES! Whether you served in peace time or in a war zone - Thank You!!
...unfortunately, the only way to resolve this is to cut tires, remove batteries, block roads, etc....we can no longer count on our government to take the correct action...
So let me get this straight, I get pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt and/or a broken taillight and a truck can drive merrily along with an unsecured dancer in the back? I think maybe some of the vice officers who spend so many grueling hours in the local strip clubs busting dancers for "inappropriate contact" should perhaps come outside once in a while and maybe cite these trucks if for nothing more than the safety of the girls in the back. Maybe I'm just asking too much, it is Vegas after all. Vegas may have been tacky in the past but it always had a certain sense of style as well. This is not a matter of tackiness or style however, it is a safety issue.
Vegas rules!!
So it's okay to make and advertize ultra-violent movies and games specifically to kids, but it's not okay to show CLOTHED women dancing???
If you want to talk about what is disgusting, its vilifying the human body and allowing violence to be promoted.
Rest easy, fellow citizens. I'm sure that Vice Lt. Karen Hughes has already assigned vice detectives to follow the trucks very closely and make sure that the dancers don't do anything "inappropriate". Hey Lieutenant, I'm still available for volunteer work in those strip clubs. I'm sure with my help we can finally break that "inappropriate contact" case.
We cannot have it both ways: sin city vs. family oriented.
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
why are they dressed?
this is boring, see more than that on a beach
let em strip for real..
actually this presents a good case to get the potholes fixed..
If this should be illegal because of the lack of a seatbelt......then so should be buses, trams, monorails, motorcycles, escalators, bicycles, skateboards, segways, rickshaws, horse carriages, horses, etc.
oh man, this a lawsuit just waiting to happen. "sorry, officer, i was driving when i was suddenly distracted by some moving T&A".
I don't have a problem with the strip club using this method of advertising at the proper time but I do worry about the liability exposure here. The first time this causes and accident or is in the vicinity of an accident they will sue these strip clubs. And I do agree that if that truck hit a big pothole and the girl on the pole was in the wrong position we could be dealing with a broken neck. Not cool. I don't want to see that happen. Good idea, DejaVu. You made your splashy headline but it is dangerous for the girl and does expose your clubs to some very serious liability so at least talk to your lawyer or insurance agent about this to make sure you're properly prepared for whatever may happen if you continue to use this method of advertising.
Leave it to Republicans and Libertarians to legislate morality and try to force a church state on all of us. What are you afraid of?
Now bikinis are obscene? Take your welfare families and go back to Texas and Utah. We do not need to pay to educate your kids while you live tax free and try to make all laws conform to your narrow minded families.
LV is losing its edge and bible banging repblicans are leading the way. People dont come to Nevada for a family atmosphere.
Why do you need to legislate all of your opinions? What happened to freedom?
This will get Las Vegas back into the national limelight! The question you have to ask about that is this;
Is ANY publicity GOOD publicity?
It won't be going on much longer, I guarantee it.
Not legal. I am sure SEVERAL laws will be cited as being disregarded here.
Vegas. Never ceases to amaze me.
HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY VETS!
Hey, free lap dances for vets!
Class? Decency? Las Vegas? LMAO
Wh0res will be Wh0res....
Based upon the responses, this creative idea appears to have hit a homerun, congratulations Larry, you're right, "this is what Las Vegas is all about!"
While its dinosaur critics like Sisolak and Giunchiglianis that are the unsafe hazards to business creativity, prosperity and a fun Las Vegas -- vote them out as they are detriments to the interests that best serve Las Vegas.
: )
Reverend Birdie and my wife think ]?] that the idea of the strip being used for the strip isn't in good taste ....so ..based on their opposition I guess that I am in favor of it'
End of story!
Great idea, but does not seem to pass safety standards for "mobile adult entertainment advertisers" and other drivers.
Just make a right light district a la Amsterdam and be done with it. People will know that's where the "adults" play and children will stay away.
And don't forget the marijuana brownies...
1. It's not set to run until 11pm at night. Who has their kids out on the strip at this time. If you do, then you have other issues besides billboards running on the strip.
2. This is a time where we need every dollar that our economy can get.
Why are we worried about what our "image" is if our nickname is Sin City? Really, you didn't know Vegas' reputation before you moved here? In case you didn't know, we allow gambling, and strip clubs.
It's sad that the moralists always bring up the children issue but this does not even affect the children. They are, or should be, in bed and no where near the strip at the time that this runs.
Harley-
I know, I know! I'm SO embarrassed right now that Sisolak is my Commissioner and that I supported him last year. He needs to pay more attention to fixing this County's economy and promoting sustainable development, and LESS time legislating "moral values".
Det_Munch-
WRONG! How many "bad guys" did Bush get? NONE! How many "bad guys" will Obama get if he continues this crap? NONE! Where's al-Qaeda? They're laughing over us trampling over our own Constitutional rights and losing our own brave soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I support our troops, but I don't support those lousy politicians that care so little about their lives.
Nick-
"LV is losing its edge and bible banging repblicans are leading the way. People dont come to Nevada for a family atmosphere.
Why do you need to legislate all of your opinions? What happened to freedom?"
THANK YOU! You're right, people looking for a "family atmosphere" go to Orange County or Utah. People come to Vegas looking for a good time! I have my own moral values, so I don't need for the government to dictate them for me. It's just so ironic that all the "small government" teabagger Republicans are the ones intruding on our civil liberties like this.
This is the reason I travel across the country to Las Vegas. If you have your kids on the strip past ten, you are not only a bad parent, but also ruining sin city for the people that come there to avoid things like children, bible thumpers, and fat women complaining.
They're strippers, who cares about their saftey. As long as I can still get my C section specials then we will all be alright.
I appreciate the argument of those that would support this advertising as good business to promote Sin City. However, If this thing is as successful as the owner claims, it will be a couple of months before every club has one.
Yes, it will create business for a few strip club owners and their strippers. But at what cost? Sophisticated clients wont continue to come to swanky hotels if all they see is a spring break like frat party. You cannot create diverse economy, where professionals (and their families) of all trades and disciplines want to live if you have a cavelcade of strippers motoring down your streets.
What happens here stays here works, but we cannot push it so far we become a cartoonish joke.
Lost soul, Vegas.
Seriously roads and trucks are out of safety.
You'd better take care for these girls before injuries. Working season is off, do something for safety. Hello citizens.
Typical Libertarian response. Spread hate and legislate morality. Libertarinas want a church state and arenot even civil.
"unfortunately, the only way to resolve this is to cut tires, remove batteries, block roads, etc....we can no longer count on our government to take the correct action..."-Purgatory
With all of these comments, I don't see how L.V. makes clain to 'Sin City'. I live across the street from a strip club and a few doors down from another one - all part of the downtown area. People stream back and forth doing their business with no problems. I find those characters shoving cards into my face more offensive. I don't mind hookers and dancers on the back of trucks, but I do mind smelly hawkers invading my personal space when I am walking down the strip. How can this be offensive to kids when they see half-naked females on t.v., in the movies, and at the beach? Go back to Utah my friends.
Libertarian response is to legislate morality? huh? Do you even know what Libertarianism represents? Libertarians are against ALL government intrusion into personal lives of individual citizens...how is that "legislating morality"? The only purpose of government is to defend our borders and protect us from other nations according to libertarians. You should really do your homework before falsely representing a political movement which you do not understand.
I think the seatbelt law applies here, despite the fact that buses etc do not require seatbelts since (admittedly i don't ride the bus frequently) girls are not hanging from poles upside down in buses as far as i know. Now I love to watch naked girls as much as the next person, i'd just hate to see one break her neck while she's performing, it kind of ruins the mood for me.
"sorry, officer, i was driving when i was suddenly distracted by some moving T&A".
Or a crotch shot with a Brazilian "look" to it!!
1. It's not set to run until 11pm at night. Who has their kids out on the strip at this time. If you do, then you have other issues besides billboards running on the strip.
Guess you've never been in let's say the Rio at Midnight! Strollers and kids everywhere.
WRONG! How many "bad guys" did Bush get? NONE!
Plenty but it is not common knowledge. Why show our hand to the terrorists? Too much is said anyway. It is an ongoing national security thing and if you don't believe that it is a 24/7 365 day a year endeavor, then you are very naieve and that is putting it mildly. You think we stayed safe since 9/11 out of shear luck??? Or coincidence? Guess again. And, they do NOT LISTEN TO the emails, cell phone calls, etc. of the general public. This moron that killed those at Ft. Hood, he already came into the radar before and the Army was warned but did nothing about it.
They couldn't do anything because he was Muslim, and you can't appear to be discriminatory against Muslims these days, even in the most extreme cases. I mean this guy was calling for jihad and preaching to his patients and yet they were surprised when this happened?
It's ironic after all the things this country has endured it will be the dogmatic pursuit of "diversity" and political correctness that brings us down.
The clubs need this, they say. Business has been bad.
THis IS one of the funniest lines in this whole story!!! And these stripper mobiles are going to change things - are they going to throw money at the potential customers so they can follow the "Pied Piper"????
There is a reason why business is bad.
I can think of one reason...our dedicated Vice Lt. Karen Hughes and her pursuit of "inappropriate contact". Here's a newsflash: in the glory days of Vegas when adult entertainers and strip clubs were largely left alone by police, people would come from all over the world to visit these clubs. That may come as a shock to moralists, but yes, guys came to Vegas from all over the world to go to strip clubs which were unlike the ones in their hometowns. Today, the situation is reversed, strip clubs back home are probably more, ahem, "liberal" with the rules then Vegas clubs.
Everyone is talking about causing accidents. You can always tell the first timers in LV, cruising up the strip, gawking at everything but the car ahead of them and "bang".
What about if the truck itself is in an accident or has to swerve to avoid one? The girl hanging from the roof (in the picture above) will be tossed about.
Not saying I'm for or against what they're doing, It's not my thing, but it does put the "sin" in Sin-City. You can see cocktail girls in the casinos dressed similarly. It's certainly creative advertising.
I do get tired of the trucks promoting "hot babes" and floor shows clogging up the strip. This is basically the same thing, just live action. Maybe they should rent a kiosk at Forum or in a high traffic area like between Harrah's and IP. with strip visibility.
Oh, and BAN THE CARD FLIPPERS, or at least make them pay to be there and limit them to say, one every 100 feet.
This is way too tame. I suggest a man swilling a bottle of Jack Daniels with one hand and stuffing dollar bills into the stripper's bikini with the other as she "simulates" a lap dance. That is the Vegas we know and love.
funny story...let me understand this: you come to vegas and want to go to a strip club but cannot find one? What are you stupid? It's impossible to NOT know where they are.
Another thing, the quoted attorney is from the ACLU...is he defending the constitutional right to dance in a plexiglass box on a flatbed truck in a bikini? Wow...
I love this! This is what Vegas is all about! Sin and vice! These kinds of things will bring the tourists back! keep it up!!
Isn't Amsterdam our sister city? They're not hurting in this economic downturn...and, folks, the only culture you'll find in Vegas is in a yeast infection or container of yogurt...
Since when is the human form in pristine condition "disgusting"? What a delightfully Vegas innovation. Sanitize too much of this out of existance and Vegas will have the excitement quotient of Omaha.
great American ingenuity. great idea.
"Libertarians are against ALL government intrusion into personal lives of individual citizens...how is that "legislating morality"?"
Time to wake up. Libertarians left that ideaology years ago. Now they are the religous righters like Ron Paul and Bob Barr. Libertarians are against separation of church and state. They are very anti personal freedom.
I agree with vegasmodern. What is disgusting about a beautiful human body?
Since that is the defining characteristic of Libertarianism those that do not adhere to that ideology are not Libertarians, they are just right wing Republicans./ And I wasnt aware that Ron Paul was against separation of Church and State, maybe that's why he is registered as a Republican.
Well Joe the religous right took over the Libertarian party. I agree with you but many of us have been forced out to make way for the religous right. Ron Paul believes there is NO reason to have separation of church and state. Bob Barr is the same lot.
Remember republicans are for small goverment and fiscal responsibility! LOL. They have not done that for 30 years either. At the end of the day the party is the people and right now libertarians are religous right busy bodies. Sad.
This is brilliant advertising and marketing period! Great job Little Darlings.
As far complainers, at least you don't leave 100's of thousands little cards littering the street and your your girls are not creating gauntlet of snapping fingers that press little cards into tourist hands with obscene pictures.
If they want to stop you they have to stop the card snappers too.
Newsdawg
This is called performance art folks and extremely creative marketing. I would like to see the Chippendale's too...
Brilliant!
Every State in the Nation is going to have gaming,Vegas needs to stand out and the Adult market will give us the edge
Am I the only one who doesn't have a problem with this? As if the gaudy, neon-lined, seizure inducing billboards and video walls that have adorned Vegas casinos since time immortal are no worse? Like it or not, much of this city peddles sin for its bread and butter. As long as they roll these trucks out after curfew, I don't see how (from a moral standpoint) it's any different from the wide array of smutty attention grabbers that already dot the Strip. Seat belt laws and safety concerns may be the only issues at play here, but even those are tenuous at best. Prudes be damned!
Vegas is not supposed to be Salt Lake City.
It's a good idea and as citizens who care about our community all we can do is hope that it makes the national news.
Whether it's "moral" or not has nothing to do with it. That's a matter of opinion and opinions ARE (supposed to be) protected by the First Amendment.
Stop being afraid of everything you haters!
They won't enforce the law about illegals soliciting work but they will look at passing another law to enforce about advertising. Where is our county commissions' heads?
what a great idea! mohr pleez! commisherz stand down pleez! I want my free speech uncucumbered by kristian do-gooders.
Vegas is an interesting place, it makes its money by fleecing marks and justifies the action by calling it "entertainment." What do kids learn when there are slot machines in every place public except the school cafeteria (for the few students that remain in the few schools). Vegas has long been a town of no or low morals, why pretend any different simply because this is a little more in your face than others things. All the stir seems a little hypocritical. Vegas is about making a buck, what could be more American?.
A lot of short term thinkers around here. Do you really think that the stripper mobile is improving the overall economy of Las Vegas? If anything it hurts the economy by pulling tourists off the strip where they give all their mony to strippers who pay no local taxes and employ no one.
And this has nothing to do with being Salt Lake City. This stripper mobile would not last three blocks in any other city in America. Its more about trying to be like Phoenix or San Diego, cities that would never permit stripper mobiles to drive down public right of ways, yet have diverse economies.
Las Vegas can continue to be a one trick pony or it can get serious about diversifying its economy. To diversify, companies will need to attract professionals who have young families and who value education. Yes, I understand there are many young professionals who are indifferent toward stripper mobiles, giant televisions advertising bent over strippers, and billboards featuring practically naked women. However, the bottom line is that most professionals with families would prefer not to be forced to see such things when merely driving around their hometown. As attorney, I have seen way to many young attorneys leave town as soon as they started a family.
I will probably get called a right wing sissy for writing this. Truth is I am more annoyed by the religious right than most. However, I do believe that there is a reason you don't see stripper mobiles in even the most blue bastions of this country. There is also a reason more people go to Times Square now that the smut peddlers have been forced out. There is also a reason that Ft. Lauderdale is now crowded with five star resorts where once there were only drunken frat boys.
I have no problem with a red light district, but having strippers and smut crammed down my throat on the most utilized public right of ways in this city is crossing the line of decency.
VD Bus. Heh.
I like this.
Smart marketing move, it will definitely boost the sales. I don't mind, who cares if there's a stripper dancing and your kid sees it? He's going to see worse things so suck it up and stop over-protecting the poor child. He's still going to use alcohol and drugs whether you want to or not...
Oh, and to the person who said that the bus only drives around past 11PM, that's not true. I saw it driving around at 5:30 PM.
As long as they keep it on the strip and run later in the evening, I see no problem with a little advertisement.
To everyone that is concerned with attracting young families:
They are the problem. Education cost about $8000 a kid per year! The cost keeps going up. They simply consume more services than the taxes they pay. We need less of the welfare crowd and more working singles.
I just want to point out that if everyone who posted "they're not wearing a seat belt" is SERIOUS about enforcing a law then lets see Metro and Henderson and State Police enforcing the rule on the streets and freeways. I see tons of "workers" in the backs of trucks all the time. Where's the enforcement there?
I don't really understand the people who say "why does this garbage happen in Las Vegas?" This city is built on gambling, drinking, and eating poorly and SEX. SEX, SEX, SEX. How many topless revues are there IN THE CASINOS???
It just gets old hearing from people that they're "offended" and SURPRISED to see this. You're surprised??? REALLY? REALLY?? You don't live in Iowa or North Dakota. You live in Sin City. (I'm sure Iowa and North Dakota have their hot spots, but you get my point... I hope.)
I don't really care about this bus. I'm sure it will cause an accident soon enough and people will go crazy all over it again and the "I told you so" people will be out in droves.
To sum up MY rant: If you're going to enforce the seatbelt law... GET EVERYONE, not just something that is offensive to some. And if you don't like hot women showing off what they've got then move away from Vegas. The hot women aren't leaving until they've gotten money for 1,000 pairs of shoes and that takes a few whales here and there...
[i]"They won't say it, but this is truly about content," Letizia said. "It's time someone in the community has the guts to say this is about class and decency in our community."[/i]
Lady, here's a hint: You live in Las Vegas. "Class and Decency" left decades ago.
To those who say that Vegas was built on adult entertainment I ask where has it gotten us? We need to diversify. We will have more difficulty recruiting legitimate companies from out of state if we have calvalcades of stripper mobiles parading down our public right of ways.
To those who say that vegas is not meant for families and we should be attracting single professionals, tell that to companies relocating here and I bet they don't relocate here. In addition, most single professionals eventually become professionals with families, and its been my experience that many promising professionals leave town once they start to settle down.
I am not opposed to strip clubs. I am not opposed to a red light district, but at some point the limitless commercialization of hedonism is going to backfire by 1) scaring away diversifying industries who need to attract professionals and 2) offending more sophisticated travelers who may begin to associate Vegas with nothing but a frat party.
Um Homo Erecrus as long as Americans force companies to pay healthcare for families, they will be fine with employing single people. Would you want to spend $15,000 to $20,000 a year on healthcare for one family just to get one job filled? That is on top of salary.
Young families are breaking cities, counties and companies.
First, while I do not necessarily agree with the advertising, they have the legal right to do it...just as they'll have the legal right to defend themselves against the invariable lawsuits because someone was "injured" watching them. I hope they have deep pockets.
Second, @atdleft said "George W. Bush trampled upon our Constitution in passing the USA (un)PATRIOT Act, illegally wiretapping our phones and emails, indefinitely detaining people not even charged with a crime, and torturing in our country's name..."
And of course, @Det__Munch followed with "Don't be naieve. ALL that HAS HELPED keep our country and it's citizens safe. Wire tap and torture away as long as we get some of the bad guys since the terrorists LIVE AMONG US and have for years waiting patiently for an opportunity to kill as evidenced at Fort Hood."
Apparently, @Det__Munch PREFERS living in a police state like Libya or Afghanistan(when the Taliban ruled). They had no terroristic acts. The general public was safe. THEY believe in detaining people without charges...throw 'em in jail if they don't believe like we do, or we don't like the way they look, or they're protesting or voicing their opinions. Well, sir, I say, if you like police states, please feel free to move there...and we'll see how well THEY tolerate your opinions.
Benjamin Franklin (I believe) once said, "Those who are willing to give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither, and will lose both." Those word still hold true over 250 years later.
And to all of those in the military who stand the wall so we can sleep in peace, and the families they leave behind while protecting us, thank you.
Congratulations to the Sun and Joe Schoeneman for bring this to light. How come Sisolak and Giunchigliani are the only ones who seem to ever do anything? Where is Rory Reid? He is too busy runnng for governor.
The commission needs to protect LV Blvd. Advertising is fine, but this goes too far. It does not belong on the strip
Anyone ever notice on the news that the only people that complain about this stuff are ugly?
I guess since no one wants to look at them they want to make sure no one looks at better looking people either!
Nick, when you are talking about attracting professional talent that you plan to pay several hundred if not millions of dollars over a career, do you really think that 8 grand makes a difference?
Also, as someone who hires top professionals, I can tell you that you would easily pay the extra few grand for someone who is stable and less likely to relocate, which is usually true of professionals with families.
Finally, as I said before, single professionals usually become married parents at some point. you may be the exception, but you are certainly an exception, not the rule.
To macdaddy: How can you be so sure they have the legal right to do this. Other states have upheld laws against moving billboards. Such a law would have to be equally enforced against all types of businesses, but it could very well be legal to prohibit them.
Homo-Erectus,
I agree that Nevada needs to diversify it's core businesses. But at the end of the day, the casinos and sex and partying are Southern Nevada's bread & butter. Protecting the existing culture is all the politicians out here care about first because they won't get re-elected if they do otherwise.
MGM/Harrah/Boyd/Stations/Wynn/Adelson and every other casino I missed are all huge money making machines. Sure, the last 3-years haven't been pretty, but I'm writing this to lead up to this:
All these gaming giants have been here for years in some shape or form and the education system is a joke out here. On top of that, you suggest building I-11 to go from Phoenix through Vegas to Reno and people say it's a waste of time and money.
Really? Making education a priority and creating infrastructure for companies to be lured to the West Coast without being in California are bad ideas?
You know what? They are bad ideas to somebody with influence & power in the casinos because they CONTROL the politicians. Because these two items should have been addressed a long time ago.
I don't know why education & infrastructure haven't been addressed in a town with a 20-year boom (1986 to 2006) but maybe everybody partied like it was 1999. Maybe it's because if you're educated then you don't drink till 6 a.m. and lose all your money.
By the way, I'm just curious... Since there isn't much besides the gaming industry out here... Just who are you recruiting top professionals for out here? I have degrees, I'd like to have a nice paying job again.
This idea has all the staying power of a chocolate coffee pot. Like any other advertising gimmick it'll be over and forgotten by Christmas, but hey, it worked, it got you all talking about it.
It's cheeky, it's cheerful and it's a wonderful distraction, what more do you want?
I'd rather see it pass me that a concrete truck, put it that way.
Hey all. Today (November 12) on Face to Face with Jon Ralston, we are talking about the 'stripper mobiles' with Deja Vu Marketing Director Larry Beard, Big Traffic owner Marla Letizia and ACLU attorney Allen Lichtenstein. That's at 5:30pm, 6:30pm, 8pm and 9pm on Las Vegas ONE, Cox Cable Channel 19.
It's no worse than some freak who drives around in a truck, plastered with fear-mongering Christian propaganda, shouting verses from the Bible (namely those that pertain to "sinners going to hell")
sunnysideup
I agree, another waste of taxpayers money pursuing stopping this. You wonder why government is broke, why are schools are ranked last, why we are over run with crime. Here we go again, spending thousands of dollars, and wasting countless hours of time . If this winds up in high court some where the cost to fight this could exceed 7 figures. Oh I know, Chris Giunchigliani has the answer, just raise taxes on all the pheasants ! Let them eat cake !
I'm looking for the truck this weekend,...maybe there will be a number on it I can call to apply for a job driving their next stripper mobile. Its only fair to have two of them on the strip,...one northbound and one southbound.
So many of these comments are ridiculous. Las Vegas has long been known for strippers and as a destination for men looking to pay for sex with women. Why are people taking children there anyway??? Go to Disneyland instead!!!!!
Why are people complaining that don't even go to the Strip between 10pm - 2am? It makes no sense for you to be pushing your morals onto others. As long as these trucks are out after curfew I see no problem with it. Especially since soccer moms now take stripper aerobics clasees. I don't see anyone saying that they are unfit to be parents due to their indecent behavior. Get a life, last time i checked, the morality police weren't hiring.
Burkha mobile. That draws tourist from Afghanistan.
Oh please! these girls aren't hurting you or your kids. In this day and age your kids shouldn't even be on the streets unattended unless they are old enough to see them. Worry about the child molesters that are in your neighborhood, not some girl who is wearing the same amount of clothes as the Victoria Secret models are wearing on nationwide television commercials. What a warped sense of morals we have in this country.
ok. hows this for corruption, stupidity, and lack of common sense.
1. escort billboards on the strip with posing women half nude direct to your room in 20 minutes. they are illegal as they are commercial vehicles on the strip, yet they are still there blocking traffic.
2. this stripper van shows nothing more than what those hooker vans show at all times of the day.
3. its 10pm to 2am....are you kidding??? deja vu is being more decent than the escort services are!!! if your kids are too young to see it, they are too young to be out at 10pm. or better yet, dont bring them to "sin city", take them to disney world
4. locals....you dont live on the strip, and unless you are retarded enough to drive from the strat to the mgm at 10pm to 2am with your kids on the strip to get from one end of town to the other you have nothing to whine about. the strip is A TOURIST DISTRICT, not a local thoroughfare. its overly congested and a waste of time. oh yea, and if you are worried about your kids seeing it its TOO EFFING LATE FOR THEM!!! MOVE TO COLORADO SPRINGS!
5. if the commission outlaws this vehicle on the strip, they also need to outlaw the following: all billboard trucks as they are classified as commercial vehicles and shouldnt be there anyways, and also to be considered indecent like the deja vu van; all the illegals that hand out hooker cards to everyone that passes by them including women, children, and men regardless of who they are with its considered indecent which is the argument of the stripper van.
6. this is LAS VEGAS, not california. anyone that says this stripper van is indecent needs to shut the puck up and either move, or never come back and visit. i for one, am sick and tired of seeing infants on the damn strip at 3am it makes me wanna run over the parents for being retards.
if you want decency, go take your kids to yosimite, disney, florida keys, etc. if you are offended by homosexuals would you take your kids to southbeach florida? or go to new york city during the gay parade? or san franscisco during its queen fashion show where men have their weiners hanging out? if you are offended by guns do you take your kids on a vacation to a gun manufacturing plant tour?????? get real people. your kids are in vegas with you and you brought them here.
i live here, and if i dont want my kids to see the smut on the strip, guess what...I DONT TAKE THEM TO THE ***KING STRIP!!! THIS ISNT HARD PEOPLE!! PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF YOUR SPINCTERS AND GET OVER YOURSELVES AND YOUR CONSERVATIVE WASTE OF LIFE WAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IF STRIPPERS OFFEND YOU, DO YOU WALK INTO A STRIP CLUB AND COMPLAIN THAT THERE ARE NAKED WOMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU PROBABLY DO BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO MOTHER F*****G LIFE@!!!!!!!
"Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani contends that Metro doesn't enforce the law on mobile billboards in public rights of way because officers don't have the time."
my arse they dont have the effing time!! they are out there on the damn strip every night flirting with skanky girls and standing around in front of osheas and ip and ballys and miracle mile and near fatburger/mcdonalds doing NOTHING!!! NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING more than harassing cabbies, jwalkers, and flirting with hotties!!!!!
not enough time my butt. they dont bother because someone is getting paid off by the billboard companies and ill bet his name is gilespie.
DO YOUR EFFING JOBS YOU OVERPAID TRIGGER HAPPY BACK SHOOTING DIRTBAG WASTES OF MONEY
Well, from all the comments about the use of the Strip for a National Scenic By-way the focus of the article is lost in teley-heaven.
The use of a Darth Vader extended cab by the local Chief of Police to spook out rat trap snatchers has really made my day here in the Mid-West of goodwill johnnies.
No seat belt, put those gals in some kind of kinky looking safety harness.
Only an idiot thinks Las Vegas is for kids.
About two years ago I was flying home from business in Chicago; the two guys sitting next to me ceremoniously removed their wedding rings, toasted each other and wished themselves well in their conquests.
Yeah, Vegas Baby! (I hope the LVCA doesn't sue me)
The don't call it Sin City because Mormonville was taken.
Keep your damn kids out of Pubs, off the Strip and away from Strip clubs.
Just take it inside! I don't care what goes on in the clubs, but people choose to go there to see this stuff. A family should be able to walk down Las Vegas Blvd without being confronted with such a graphic display of what goes on. This is just plain ridiculous.
ATTENTION PEOPLE OF LAS VEGAS - THIS IS NOT UTAH.
To quote Commissioner Collins (re: the gunrange) "If you don't like it, pack your S#*t and leave."
It's called Sin City for a reason, duh!
I think I'm on the side of the people who think you should be more worried about why parents would have their children on the strip at 11:00 at night.
But I do see the point about the seatbelt. This will end after the first accident.
ARE YOU KIDDING THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT MAKES VEGAS GREAT.....
Only in LV!! Man I gotta' book another trip...
It speaks volumes aobut the integrity of Las Vegas businesses that will stoop to any level for the sake of the almighty dollar. We need to either have some sense of morality, or run away and don't look back, for you may go blind.
I'm concerned about this young lady hanging upside down in the photo. It looks likes she strains to breathe oxygen.....any reason why?
I say ditch the pole, add two couches with a patron on each couch receiving a "Texas" couch dance. The patrons along with the dancers could be seat belted in so that no laws were broken.....
i like the kinky looking safety harness idea. oh wait, that would be immoral. SHAME ON YOU!!
psyche!!
Would it be ok if the girls wore the Morman undergarments while dancing?
This isn't advertising, it is a SHOW.
Just wait until some driver is distracted, loses control of his car and plows into a group of tourists on the strip. Then people are going to say, how did we allow this to happen. Just like what happened when those young people were killed picking up trash on the side of the freeway. I commend Commissioner Sisolak for being proactive, and hope that his colleagues follow suit.
This is ridiculous!! So I guess the billboard trucks that drive up and down the strip incessantly aren't advertising only vehicles?? What happened to freedom?? What happened to my Vegas?? A city literally built on sex (brothel tents on boulder highway in the early days) shouldn't forget where it came from or bite the hand (or other body parts) that feed it!!!
And kids don't belong in Vegas anyway, since when was this a family town? If you can't leave them with someone then stay home!!!
I think the issue isn't so much "please someone think of the children". Some casino's (like Bellagio) try and come across as being more classy instead of seedy and feel that these vehicles drag down the more up-scale image that Vegas has managed to build over the past two decades.
I don't think it's a question of morality vs. sin. It's a question of ten dollar whores versus four figure Geisha's.
Coming to a neighborhood near you, That looked like John Enswigne Driving.
Has any of the national media picked up on this? Seems like a good feature store for "today" or the nightly news, ratings sweep anyone?
This is disgusting!!!
I think I will drive down to the Strip and check it out for myself. If I can get my wife to drive, I would be able to take some pictures and wave at the girls...
Oh, and another thing... I am getting pretty tired of see people standing in the city buses as they drive down the streets...
And one more thing... It bothers me to follow some young guy on his gofast motorcycle when he has his young girlfriend on the back wearing short shorts with her thong and little tattoo of a rose showing above her shorts...
The inhumanity of it all!!!
I think it's great!
People complaining about the stripper mobile as usual have nothing better to do with their lives than complain. You people that have your kids out on the strip at 11 at night should be arrested for being that stupid. I dont see how traffic accidents can occur on LV Blvd when if you are driving you are either going 2 miles and hour or just plain stopped. Hey look at that there are 5 million people walking down the street to the next casino lets get them into the clubs! If you people dont want to see the stripper mobile then dont look at it!
A grand for a freakin hummer? You gotta be kidding me.
I've seen the stripper mobile driving around at 5:30 in the evening. This crap about it only coming around after 11PM isn't true.
For the first time in history vehicles will be maneuvering to get stuck "behind" the slow moving vehicle.
" (Beard said the truck usually only rolls from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. but went early that night to accommodate a TV news crew.)"
Meanwhile in Washington D.C.
Politicians are busy with their campaigns for 2010.
Watch this promo for Harry Reid.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/early-l...
This article has the most comments I have seen in a long time. That in itself suggests a problem with our society.
Thanks vegasstudent, maybe I should read the article next time, lol.
This puts a whole new meaning to the name "Las Vegas Strip".
So gawking at the Stripper Mobile might cause a driver to stop paying attention to the road and cause an accident. Oh and the volcanoes and pirate ship shows might not have the same effect? I've been stuck in traffic plenty of times behind drivers gawking at the free shows up and down the strip. I'm just mad that we didn't get to see the truck before it shut down.
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. illegally remodeled thousands of their rooms, at multiple properties, over a period spanning more than a decade, which they left every room that they touched unsafe for the public to stay in, and the powers that be in Vegas did everything they could to suppress this information from getting to the public, why? Did Harrah's not have the responsibility to provide safe rooms to the public, are they immune from prosecution because they are the largest (or were the largest) gaming company in the world?
And to top it off, to add insult to injury - Harrah's exposed their construction workers, hotel employees & hotel guests to ASBESTOS, a carcinogenic, and this was done willfully by Harrah's management because they knew exactly what they were doing. Where is the public uproar over being knowingly put in harms way by this behemouth? Who is supposed to be protecting the public? We know that Nevada OSHA was in Harrah's pocket, and they had company: the Clark County Building Department & the Clark County Fire Department, and we should add in the inept corrupt Nevada Contractor's Board & certainly not forget the Nevada Gaming Control Board, and while we are at it the Clark County Commission. There is something really wrong here, and the smell is really starting to get rancid.
There is no comparison as Harrah's created the potential for another MGM Grand Fire Disaster, by their own hand, and exposed a ton of people to ASBESTOS in the process both knowingly & willfully! But, only in Vegas would we be more concerned about a Stripper Mobile doing damage to our image...go figure...
Las Vegas is turning more and more into a ghetto. Between the human trafficking, the prostitution, the drugs, the crime, it's becoming a city only for criminals. It was actually better when the Mafia ran it. Very sad to see one of our major cities go literally down the toilet like this.