78: YeeeeHaaaaw! I’m a Little Bit Country at Helldorado Days in Downtown Las Vegas

I’m pretty sure if it weren’t for that chewing tobacco thing, I’d have been a cowboy. Oh, and the cows. And that smell. And all that dirt and stuff. And sleeping in anything other than a kind-size bed.

But I digress.

Today’s Living in Las Vegas Podcast brings out our cowboy and cowgirl side as we ramble on down yonder to the Hellodaro Days celebration in downtown Las Vegas. Show notes:

• PHOTOS! (Git, now.)
• Weather (THAT’S what I’m talking about) / LiLV Pool (400,000 BTU’s to the rescue!)
• LiLV Stuff
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  • Sign up of Email Alerts (form found on right side of our website)
• LiLV Podcast Spring 2010 MeetUp Review
• Long Weekend at Newport Beach
• New Friends of the LiLV Podcast (well, pending (Bob!!))
• Scott Gets Jury Duty
• Jacob’s post on Immigration
• Overheard on The Strip (visit. . .and SHARE!)
• Helldorado Days

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was in town last Friday to speak at a media roundtable organized by the Nevada News Bureau.

Mr. Arpaio has championed a tough new bill in Arizona, which will become law during the summer, that will allow the police to ask people if they are in the country legally. If that individual is here illegally then the individual will be turned over to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be deported back to their home country.

This bill is controversial because a lot of people think it will lead to widespread racial profiling of Hispanic Americans. Others think that this bill is exactly what is needed to stem the tide of illegal aliens pouring over our borders, which in turn will reduce the strain on Social Services and produce jobs for people out of work.

The bill has been written so that a person can only be asked if they are here legally if the police catch or question the person in relation to criminal activity. If you would like to read the bill in full you can do so here.

I would like to know what you all think of the bill. Is there a chance it will come to the great state of Nevada? How will that affect The Strip? Please keep your comments clean regardless of whether you agree or disagree with this bill.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White, a Las Vegas resident, is looking to build a better playhouse somewhere in the Summerlin area.

Mr. White is looking at places to build an entertainment complex for families similar to “Dave and Busters” chain. Dave and Busters combine restaurants and bars with a variety of video games, from NASCAR simulations to Boxing simulators, wrestling video games, laser tag, etc. It is unclear if Mr. White’s new potential entertainment complex will serve food and alcohol or even what the name will be. Time line for construction will be within the next 12 to 18 months.

(For UFC Fans, the UFC Fan Expo will be held here in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center May 28th and 29th.)