Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley issued a heartfelt plea to Canadian visitors this week, acknowledging the city’s tourism-dependent economy is suffering from a dramatic decline in international visitors, particularly from Canada, which represents the city’s largest international market.
“As the mayor of Las Vegas, I’m telling everybody in Canada, please come. We love you, we need you, and we miss you,” Berkley said during a press conference this week, where she addressed the multiple challenges facing the entertainment capital’s tourism industry.
The mayor’s latest comments echo concerns she first raised in an August press conference, where she painted a stark picture of the tourism decline.
“International travel is way down. People are not coming to the United States,” Berkley said last month. “’
Great yet ?
Yes, she has. She has publicly talked about her position as coming from an immigrant family.
That’s a fair point, and I found a source for it. It sounds like she is specifically complaining about the National Guard deployment, because of her immigrant background. That’s great. I would like her to push for things which are virtuous even if she isn’t personally connected. For example, stand up for Canada’s sovereignty and decry the threats that the federal government has made, instead of just begging Canadians to come and give her city money.
How is coming from an immigrant family relevant? Most people in north America come from immigrant families (unless you implying that the real fascists are natives).