Congratulations to the Mandarin and all of CityCenter. You are changing the face of Vegas in a way that makes history. Anyone who can't see that has no vision.

"Vegas has only been a "community" for the last 10-20 years or so."

Actually, Las Vegas was much more a community in the 1970s and the early 1980s than it has been at any time since. Hundreds of thousands of warm bodies do NOT a community make.

Any Las Vegas-area art museum belongs in the Downtown Arts District. But, again, without a strong vision by a funding foundation, at least the minimal support of local government, and a reason for locals and visitors to visit, any museum will find it hard to survive.

Sadly, we had more art in and around Las Vegas when Charles Hunsberger was running the Clark County Library District. I could step into any area library at that time and be guaranteed to see an exhibit, or a performance, of something interesting.

Visions and visionaries -- that's what Las Vegas culture needs.

Vehicular Manslaughter IS and SHOULD BE a misdemeanor. It's an accident, not premeditation. Accidental deaths cannot be treated equally to intended ones.

Obama called out Vegas by name. Poor judgement for a president to attack an American city, period, end of story.

It would be interesting to know what the page-rate or size-rate for ads in the Chinese newspaper are compared to the Sun, the RJ, the Las Vegas Weekly, CityLife, 944 and all the other "Caucasian" print outlets, all of which are too expensive for the small business owner - even one with a realistic advertising budget.

Rogers has always acted like a grandstanding, pious king - though that it in and of itself doesn't warrant disbarment, it does make him self-righteous. If he thinks that this practice does not prejudice the kind of witness who would sell their mothers for a crack rock, he has zero concept of honorable justice. He must go.

S. Daniels of West Virginia is clearly one of the old school Vegas-haters from back in the day when the east coast - particularly the holier-than-thou DC bureaucrats - engaged in a decades-long tirade against Las Vegas.

The only difference between the morals of Las Vegas and those of the rest of these United God-Fearing States is that Las Vegas doesn't subscribe to the conventional hypocrisy. In other words, it is an honest city.

Jon, your opinion is clearly based in liberal politics, so you are biased in favor of Obama and cannot see that it was improper for him to call out Vegas by name. Does it bother no one that the conferences cancelled from Las Vegas have been relocated to more pricey cities, costing the taxpayer more? Is perception really more important than reality?

I (reluctantly) voted for Mr. Obama because of the two candidates presented, he seemed to have the best combination of smarts and leadership to get the job done. This incident suggests he doesn't. Oh, well.

This was vintage Letterman... Makes one wonder.

In any case, John, you forgot to mention the King of All Bizarre Letterman Appearances - Crispin Glover!

Cnev, the mayor drinks gin, not vodka. Get your facts straight before opening your mouth.

Ed, we're not "greed mongers," we're a tourist destination that President Obama called out by name (hypocrite!). Stop wasting your time posting on a Vegas newspaper website.