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Story about a campaign to collect enough signatures to call an election for a vote on the creation of a water district for the Las Vegas valley.
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Christiaan Van Buuren grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa. He started working as a dealer in casinos at a property that was run by Caesars World. Chris then went to work for Gold Reef Casino Resorts as a development manager to develop casinos in South Africa. Next he worked in casinos on cruise ships as a dealer and as an assistant casino manager for Casinos Austria International and also set up casinos for them in South Africa.
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Part of an inverview with Sonny Thomas conducted by Barbara Tabach, February 28, 2013. Thomas describes job options when he arrived in Las Vegas in 1959.
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