As predicted on the Buffet yesterday the county has decided to repeal the rule preventing taxi cabs from getting kickbacks for delivering customers to topless bars based on the fact that it would be too hard and expensive to enforce. In fact, according to the Review-journal, taxi drivers are getting bribes from other businesses as well:

(Caveat: I support the free coffee; no one should be falling asleep behind the wheel and I am notorious for my own Diet Pepsi consumption.) So, the County has decided to abandon this area of enforcement altogether and leave it to taxis and businesses to sort out how much additional bribe a taxi driver deserves for delivering a customer who has already paid the taxi a full fare for the trip.

Apparently, the clubs owners are already crumbling on a deal to present a united front to stop paying these kickbacks to cabbies - our own OPEC announcing a short-lived production quota. So, what does this mean for customers wanting to take a taxi ride to a topless bar or anywhere else? Don't ask your driver for advice; do your research and know where you want to go; insist on being taken there. And, always remember there is no such thing as free advice or tips in Las Vegas even if it does not cost you anything. Think of talking to humans here (at least, in their work capacity) like seeing an advertisement. Most locals you contact for "impartial" advice on restaurants, production shows, nightclubs or topless bars including concierges, bell desk employees, valets and, of course, taxi drivers generally have been recruited to market answers to all of these questions to you. 

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