No publicity is bad publicity. Unless you're Tiger Woods.

Or Boise.

Here's an odd lead paragraph from the Las Vegas Sun, writing about a recent regional economic survey, co-authored by the Brookings Institution and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

"Lots of reports have noted the economic hammering suffered by Las Vegas and Phoenix — but who knew about Boise?" writes the Sun's Joe Schoenmann.

"(The report) about the economically hard-hit Intermountain West makes two things clear: Smart metro areas better withstand downturns, and U.S. News and World Report’s fourth-best place to live in the nation, Idaho’s capital, is suffering almost as much as Las Vegas."

Yup, we're hurting a little up here. Of course, we don't also have Wayne Newton. ...

More reading: Check out Bill Roberts' story on the Brookings-UNLV report, and this morning's followup editorial.

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