Posted by Jon Fleischman at 12:00 am on Oct 13, 2008 Comments Off on An Evening Spent With Hundreds Honoring Senator Jim Battin…
If anyone has any doubt about whether
Vegas-style Casino gambling is thriving here in California, just
take a trip as a I did last night to the Agua Calliente Casino and
Hotel on Bob Hope Drive in Rancho Mirage. It is a beautiful facility, and based on the
capacity crowd jammed into their casino, the dip in the economy
isn’t hurting them a bit. Maybe
everyone who is pulling their money out of the stock market is
“investing” in blackjack, roulette or in some of the thousands of
slot machines that sang in harmony as Assemblyman-Elect Jeff Miller
and I avoided the whole gambling scene (a statement of self-
acknowledgment of our lack of gambling skills) and made our way to
a large ballroom at the back of the resort where Jeff and I joined
a few hundred other people for an evening tribute honoring the
retirement of one of California’s most effective and respected
Republican legislators (who also happens to be a blogger for this
website).
State Senator Jim Battin has been one heck of a great
legislator, and last night Jim, surrounded by… Read More