Las Vegas/Reno still on govt meeting blacklist


	Las Vegas/Reno still on govt meeting blacklist

chipflip

7-23-2009 5:20 PM

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chipflip says:

The federal government would rather spend more money on "boring" locations than hold conferences and meetings in places optimized for such events.

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