Las Vegas Mayor Wants Obama To Apologize

Nevada Barack Obama The mayor of Las Vegas says Obama should apologize for comment about Vegas trips.

by Associated Press

Published: Wed, February 11, 2009 - 3:48 am CST Last Updated: Wed, February 11, 2009 - 5:14 am CST

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The mayor of Las Vegas wants President Barack
Obama to apologize for saying companies shouldn't visit the city on
the taxpayer's dime.
Oscar Goodman told KLAS-TV it's "outrageous" that a company
might cancel an event in his city at the suggestion of the
president.
Las Vegas tourism officials worry that increased scrutiny on
business travel will discourage meetings and conventions.
Goldman Sachs says it has moved a three-day conference from the
Las Vegas Strip to San Francisco. It had accepted $10 billion in
federal bailout funds.
Last week, Wells Fargo, which received a $25 billion infusion,
canceled a planned employee recognition conference in Las Vegas.
The White House says it's reviewing the mayor's comments.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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soufi Says:

Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 3:54 pm

The banks should start lending money to people and stop wasteful out of town meetings. They can do video conference of they need, but stop wasting tax payers’ money.

rosepetal Says:

Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:59 am

i agree, but they should not be serving wagyu beef at the whitehouse either.

Wait4Me Says:

Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:33 am

NO company that recieved our money should be going anywhere but to work to help the American taxpayer get through these hard times. They should be trying to figure out the best way to help people, by lowering rates, fees, interest, and such. The least they could do after begging the crooks in Washington to give them our hard earned money.

cmb1 Says:

Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:02 am

Duh, they shouldn’t be going anywhere.