Here's an excerpt from a Steve Miller report in Rick Porrello's American Mafia:

"last week the LV City Council silently turned down a request to fund $800,000 for a city park devoted to honoring our fallen war heroes. A discussion about the proposed "Veterans Memorial Park" was quietly removed from this Wednesday's council agenda after Mayor Pro Tem Gary Reese told representatives of local and state veteran's organizations, "We don't have the money." Meanwhile, [Las Vegas Mayor] Goodman is forging ahead with raising over $45 million to honor the scum of the earth, and give himself a permanent place in LV history.
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And when our soldiers return home to Las Vegas, they'll be greeted by an expensive tribute to murderers, cowards, and crooks, instead of a simple park with monuments to honor our fallen soldiers who gave their lives so people like Oscar Goodman could have their way.

What has our town become?"

Actually, I think Las Vegas is simply still the same as it always was since Bugsy Siegel saw money in the desert sun.