blank.gif (51 bytes) Station Casinos turns to extortion to force big new tax on Nevadans

Targets pro-chamber vendors 
with un-American Blacklist

As reported in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

The first move for Station Casinos bosses angered by elements of the business community fighting the gaming industry’s preferred tax plan was quitting the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, a step the locals gaming giant announced June 5.

Move two for the company is identifying which Station vendors are also chamber members, a step Station President Lorenzo Fertitta said June 13 could result in the locals gaming giant transferring its business to companies that aren’t fighting the casino business.

Station executives have already been asked to compile a list of all vendors that are chamber members.

“I don’t know what we’re going to do with (the list),” Fertitta said Thursday. “But if there are companies that are specifically targeting (the casino business), trying to avoid paying taxes, then I imagine we’d look for another vendor.”

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Station targets pro-chamber vendors