CARSON CITY (AP) " Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons says he rejected a White House offer of a handshake meeting with President Barack Obama when he arrives in Las Vegas Tuesday.
The Republican governor released a statement Monday saying he's not interested in a "momentary" greeting with the Democratic president.
Earlier this month, Gibbons said the president had turned down an offer from the governor's office to meet and discuss comments Obama made in February, saying corporations shouldn't use bailout funds for trips to Las Vegas.
Gibbons called that comment an insult to Las Vegas and a message to companies to cancel corporate meetings and conventions in the tourism-dependent city.
Obama plans to visit Tuesday for a Las Vegas Strip campaign fundraiser for Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.