2 lines down from the end of this article online are Google ads for pain pills without a prescription. Another part of the puzzle? I hear Hydrocodone is available over the counter in Canada and Mexico, how does the U.S. compare with other countries in regulation of these meds?

This article, and others in this series, infer that penalites are reduced exclusively on Strip incidents. Negotiated settlements are the norm in these types of incidents anywhere in America. Refusing to reduce penalties generally is more of a political move than a reaction to a serious violation.

I think that's Father's day, is that a busy Las Vegas weekend?

A very generous and patriotic move done, I understand, quietly. When Mr. Adleson could have used some good pub, he didn't seek it. Guess I'll "give credit where credit's due".

The most disturbing editorial I have ever read. Mr. Greenspun is engaging in either the senile or the sinister.
The senile is "Old man thinking". Limiting all positive accomplishment to those we know, and refusing to admit any newcomer can achieve at an acceptable level. Examples would be "FDR, JFK, Ronald Regan or Bill Clinton (Depending on your generation and politics) was the greatest president ever, and no one else could come close." "No could be as good a casino man as Moe Dalitz." or "Michael Gaughan can never be as good as his father." This type of thinking refuses to admit that the beat truly does go on, and time waits for no one.
More frightening is the Sinister. "The Greenspun family business enterprises were worth about a million dollars when Mr. Woodbury came into office, and now it's over a billion. I'll gladly support the status quo when it helps us get a thousand times richer!"
Truth be told, there are almost two million people in the Las Vegas area, scores of who can do as fine a job as the exiting people. No one is irreplaceable, and no one is the greatest of all time. Jeff Leatherock