Obama To Visit LV This Month

President Barack Obama plans a trip to Las Vegas May 26th. This news comes after Obama has had his issue with corporate executives who take junkets to Las Vegas.

Obama's purpose will be to raise funds for Senator Harry Reid at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on a night when Bette Midler and Cheryl Crow will perform.

Here is an excerpt from the Los Angeles Times story:

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman is still huffing and puffing over an offhand remark in which Obama appeared to link Sin City to corporate excess. Imagine that.
Remember back in February, The Ticket had a photo of the mayor meeting with nearly naked aides and reported the even newer president was all agitated over luxury bank excursions and he said: "You can't get corporate jets, you can't go take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayer's dime."
Well, now that they have finished the $357,012 taxpayer-funded photo op over the Statue of Liberty, Air Force One is coming to the capital of neon with the somewhat-less-new president, who'll become the fundraiser in chief at least for a night.

For more from the LA Times, click the link below:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/05/barack-obama-harry-reid.html