Mickey And Minnie: The Real Reason For The Crackdown On The Strip

From the Las Vegas Sun: Concerns have escalated in corner offices up and down the Strip about smut peddlers and the X-rated litter their leaflets create along Las Vegas Boulevard as well as the proliferation of homeless people, costumed performers and unlicensed vendors.
One casino executive Tuesday called it a crisis that’s tarnishing the Strip’s image as a safe and fun place for tourists and is threatening the state’s economic engine.
“Our failure to enact comprehensive solutions in a reasonable manner is jeopardizing the image of Las Vegas,” said Jan Jones, senior vice president of communications and government relations at Caesars Entertainment. “It’s reached the point that there’s a dangerous perception of our city.”
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jul/27/human-clutter-strip-troubling-resorts/
It is true about the costumed characters. When we drove down the Strip last night, we saw a lot of the characters like Donald Duck, Mickey and Minnie and characters from Toy Story.
While the costumes are innocent and really don't take up much room, there has to be a concern for safety. some characters have been beaten and you don't know who are underneath the costumes. Earlier I wrote that there is a character on the Strip who dresses up as Hello Kitty. The person playing Hello Kitty is male and illegal immigrant. The guy who passes out the costumes doesn't do background checks. The people in the costumes rent the costumes for $40 a day and the performers get to keep the of the tips they receive. http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2011/07/whats-wrong-with-this-picture.html
Then there are more peddlers on the Strip as well to go with the smut peddlers.
Ok, I will be politically incorrect and just say it: The activities and others have a connection: Hispanics. The people handing out the papers for hookers have always been Hispanic. The peddlers on the Strip are mostly Hispanic and the guy running the costumes is Hispanic.
In the past month or so, there have several incidents of very violent crimes, including murders, involving Hispanic gangs on the Strip.
Las Vegas is slowly turning into Little Mexico: http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2011/07/las-vegas-is-getting-closer-to-juarez.html This isn't that has been slowly evolving, it is something that has happened within the past year or so. It probably has more to with the economy, but not everything. Las Vegas is slowly turning into a more Hispanic community.
I've been to Mexico several time- not in the tourist areas, but in the local neighborhoods and what I see in Las Vegas currently is what I have seen in Mexican cities and their neighborhoods. Peddlers on the streets and sidewalks selling thier wares. And it's not just 1 or two every mile but 10 or more every few blocks.
Is that bad? Only time will tell, but I can tell you, that underneath there are problems. There is a race war going on in Vegas and it involves mostly Blacks and Hispanics gangs, from my personal observation.
And while the politicians and the Las Vegas Sun won't admit it, the reason they want to crack down on the Strip of the panhandlers, sellers, costume characters and smut peddlers is because it involves Hispanics and importing their culture to the Strip. Just like Eastern Ave. looks like a Mexican City, especially at night, the authorities and politicians do not want this to happen on the Strip.
So, that is Las Vegas's dirty little secret(out of million little secrets) and the reason why Las Vegas casinos, Metro and politicians want to crack down on Minnie and Mickey on the Strip.