Nov. 5, 2025 6 AM PT
To the editor: A billionaire couple residing in Las Vegas donated 10 Tesla Cybertrucks for use as police vehicles in an effort to thwart crime within the metropolis (“How a Silicon Valley billionaire’s gift brought Cybertruck police vehicles to Las Vegas,” Nov. 3). The automobiles remind me of tanks and, as Progressive Management Alliance of Nevada Motion Fund government director Laura Martin put it, appear “like they’re designed for intimidation and never security.” Possibly they are going to be useful in deterring crime in Sin Metropolis, however solely time will inform.
Ben and Andreessen Horowitz, because the donors of the ten scary vehicles, need to guarantee that Las Vegas didn’t “turn into California relating to crime.” If that’s certainly their objective, then maybe they may do one thing concerning the true difficulty in Vegas: a drastic decline in business.
Huge markups on on a regular basis gadgets and hidden prices, similar to resort and parking charges, have helped lead to potential vacationers selecting different locations for holidays. Fewer people are reserving resort stays, and air journey to Vegas has declined as well. Nobody needs to pay exorbitant costs for a bagel or a bottle of water.
On line casino homeowners and others want to handle this unhappy actuality quickly, or these 10 new fancy police vehicles may need the streets all to themselves, with nobody to arrest.
Invoice Spitalnick, Newport Seashore
