Politicians don't come anymore crooked then they do in Las Vegas. Example: When I first moved to town (2006) the Operation G-string trial was in full swing:
Operation G-string was an arrangement, illegal of course, made by a number of Clark County commissioner's and a strip club owner. The strip club owner provided a number of kickbacks in turn for the commissions zoning approval for a new strip joint. Turns out the FBI was running a wire on the whole calamity and everyone, except those who ratted, were thrown in jail. It was an only in Las Vegas kind of story.
When I lived in Kansas I didn't give a flying fuck about politics. I guess it was because they were boring or I was just disengaged. It is the total opposite in Las Vegas...I pay more attention to the political landscape then most politicians do.
I asked a friend of mine from Chicago this - "Enzo you lived in Chicago for a long time, and you've been in Las Vegas for a long time. Which town is more crooked when it comes to the politicians who run it?" He looks at me, shakes his head and says, "Jethro, it's really a fucking toss-up nowadays. You can't get anything done in either town without greasing the wheel...But if I had to choose one? I would say Chicago with Las Vegas a very close second."
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