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Will Vegas crack down on naked women?
By Kitty Bean Yancey, USA TODAY

Tourists walking on Las Vegas Boulevard frequently encounter touts handing out cards with images of naked women for rent. This northern portion of the Strip near the Wynn and Venetian resorts is lmore tranquil than crowded areas ahead.
As in those playing-card-size photos of topless and nudie cuties-for-rent passed out to tourists and discarded on the Strip.
Tuesday, The Clark County Commission heard from those who think the cards and other printed solicitations that litter Las Vegas Boulevard should be cleaned up every 15 minutes -- or vendors would face fines.
The R-and X-rated trash is "a real image killer" and one of tourists' top complaints, the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper says in an article about the proposed ordinance. The ordinance also would apply to promotions for businesses, VIP nightclub experiences and other come-ons from the touts who line the boulevard.
Apparently it is a constitutional right to hand out material, so the ordinance would address the littering aspect and make vendors responsible for picking up all discarded material in their areas. And Vegas officials are looking at ways to make Strip sidewalks less tacky for tourists.
Allen Lichtenstein, general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, told the newspaper that the proposal "is unenforceable."
"It's trying to penalize one person for somebody else's actions," he was quoted as saying. "If I buy a hamburger at Mc­Donald's, walk out, take the wrapper and throw it on the ground, am I responsible or is McDonald's? The most absurd part is the fact that people doing the littering aren't the ones being targeted."
Readers, what do you think about this proposal and about being handed titillating cards while sightseeing in Vegas?