METTLER, Calif. (KGET) — It’s been six months since the little town of Mettler was transformed into an entertainment mecca of sorts, and by now many in Kern County have seen the Hard Rock Tejon Casino — but only from the main, front-side entrance. But how many have seen it through the back door?
Your KGET news crew has.
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From the front, it’s all glitz and glamor and polish. Lights, sounds and hopeful expectations. Oscar night without the movie stars, a carnival without the carnies, Disneyland without the mouse.
But from the back, it’s very different. A well-oiled machine that starts with security, perhaps just a few notches below the Pentagon…