Sex handbills sully image of Las Vegas

Siobhan Williams, Las Vegas

Sunday, May 25, 2008 | 2:04 a.m.

I wanted to add my two cents to Wayne Johnson’s Thursday letter about being handed sex handbills as you walk along the Strip. This is one of the main reasons that my husband and I refuse to go to the Strip unless absolutely necessary. When we have friends or relatives in town and they want to see the Strip, we tell them to have fun, and we’ll catch a meal or a drink with them somewhere else when they are done.

The people who hand out these fliers are disgraceful. The last time we went down to the Strip was spring 2002. We were walking along to show our teenaged exchange student from Denmark some of the attractions — the fountains at the Bellagio, the volcano at the Mirage, etc.

Despite the fact that my husband was obviously with his wife and family, men shoved these obscene fliers in his hand as he passed. I watched them give some to a very elderly couple walking in front of us. My husband was incensed that he would get handed something like this while holding hands with his wife.

This practice should be illegal. It litters the sidewalk more than a ticker-tape parade. It is obnoxious and makes the main attraction of this city, the Strip, look like a third-rate red light district. I realize that our little catchphrase is “What happens here, stays here,” but come on, people, we can still show a little class.