Puritans in Las Vegas?
The Sun has a funny account of concerns raised about a mural commissioned by The Las Vegas Centennial Commission. The mural created by Los Angeles artist Alexis Smith is titled "The Scarlet Letter" and depicts---big surprise--- a woman and a letter A. Centennial Commissioner Steve Schorr complains in the article: " 'A' stands for adultery and we have worked so very hard to clean up that image, and now we're paying for that image." Not to get too pointy headed but perhaps Mr. Schorr should pick up a copy of Hawthorne's novel to remind himself that the book depicts the adulterous Hester Prynne as the true heroine and not the hypocritical puritanical community that condemned her. Speaking of which how exactly has Las Vegas been working against that image?