Ron was a terrific person in addition to being a terrific mayor,\u201d Feldman told Casino.org<\/em>. \u201cHe also won a particularly important race, as his opponent that year was a wheeler-dealer casino owner named Bob Stupak who was the opposite of the stabilizing manager that Ron epitomized as mayor.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u201cRon loved the community long before and long after his term as mayor. He was a mentor to many in the political community and dedicated public servant.\u201d<\/p>\n
Local Gaming Players Are Savvy, Lurie Advised<\/h2>\n
Lurie took his job at the casino seriously. He enjoyed it, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing the general manager of a property is just like being a politician. You have to be able to communicate well,\u201d Ron Lurie advised the Review-Journal <\/em>during a 2007 interview. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to research some of the issues customers bring up.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cLocal customers are pretty savvy, and to be successful, you have to know what\u2019s important to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One-time Las Vegas Mayor Ron Lurie (D), who spent many years working in the gaming industry, passed away this week. Both casino experts and noted politicians have fond memories of the 79-year-old, second-generation Nevadan. What a loss for our community,\u201d current Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman (I) said in a statement released upon his passing. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":159539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Former Las Vegas Mayor Ron Lurie Eulogized for Casino, Political Careers<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n