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Pure extortion from an agency allegedly in place to regulate GAMING! GAMING! Not the conduct of non-gaming employees in non-gaming areas of a casino. I call BS. Please do an in-depth investigative piece about the coercive powers of the Control Board to bully casinos, bars, etc. into some sort of moralist nirvana. There's not a single gaming operator who's not petrified of these (not so secret) police. If the something illegal is happening and the casino is somehow responsible charge them criminally, otherwise leave the casinos alone.

"Nobody said no to this when I asked them," says Shore. Of course, viewing that stellar line-up he didn't actually ask anyone who would be in the position to say no to any gig.... just saying.

Its very simple. Post giant signs along Fremont street that say "PROSTITUTION IS ILLEGAL AND IF YOU SOLICIT IT BY CALLING A GIRL ON A CARD AND EXPECT SEX FOR CASH YOU WILL BE ARRESTED." All of this is true, and should make a hostile environment in which to hand out these cards for "legal" escorts.

Of course the real issue is why in the world is prostitution illegal in Clark County. Imagine all those cards, all those calls, and the State suffering from revenue shortages doesn't get a penny! That's the real crime.

Good comments, mred.

Devil Dog - Of course, the stop is just the beginning of the fun. They get to shine that nice light in your car and ask you to get out of the car so they can look around to. That's a search. Also if there is no probable cause to stop you, why should you have to interact with the police? I have a right to be free from this harassment whether I'm driving, walking, or riding my bicycle. And I do consider this unwarranted intrusion into my life a harassment. I'm a law abiding citizen. I pay for the streets that somehow it's not my right to travel upon? This whole right vs. privilege argument is flawed. I have a right to pursue my happiness in life so long as Im not breaking the law. Everything else is a technicality that changes over the decades.

But you did hit the nail on the head with being held hostage by the Feds with their grant money. We need to ween ourselves off of that stuff and make Nevada the true bastion of liberty that was the promise of the pioneers. These checkpoints do not make you safer one iota...and as far as your suggestion to scour the papers to find out where the police are and avoid them - well, i dont think the burden should be on me to figure out how to avoid the police. I generally like the police, but there needs to be some checks on their seemingly unlimited powers. Taking away these ridiculous, ineffectual check points is one small start.