Jeannie May Crawford

Jeannie May Crawford is the owner-operator of the Dino Dee-lite Motel and de facto mayor of Novac in 2281.

Background
Jeannie puts on the best impression of a frontier town mayor she has. Tough, fair, and proud of the hard work poured into the little town of Novac by its inhabitants, she appears to drive an honest bargain, a rare thing in the wastes. Minor cracks appear in the image when someone criticizes Novac and she immediately jumps to its defense, citing the hard, honest work people do on the frontier. The cracks grow when the subject of Jason Bright's ghouls is brought up, when she rather bluntly states that she'd not miss them if they all were slaughtered, considering them little more than parasites looking for handouts. The prejudice is only deepened by her awareness that Novac exists by the salvage of the REPCONN test site and any ghouls standing in the way threaten the basis of the town's economy.

As if that wasn't enough to prove that the Good Miss Crawford persona is a sham, Jeannie May has no compunctions about betraying passersby city folk or people who settled in Novac, even if their only crime is failing to appreciate Good Miss Crawford's quaint little town. Carla Boone learned this the hard way. Never one to mince words, her apparent ingratitude grated on Jeannie May, who decided the best way to get rid of the problem by selling her out to the slavers of the Legion, clearing a path to the Boone apartment so that they could abduct her with ease. To cover it up, she started lying that Carla just up and left their quaint little Novac; painting Craig as maddened with grief and inventing the whole kidnapping to cope - all the while keeping her bill of sale in the motel's safe, waiting to collect the 500 pieces of silver on top of the 1 000 she received for selling Carla out.

Quests
One for My Baby: It is revealed that Jeannie May sold Boone's wife Carla and her unborn child into slavery to Caesar's Legion. After the player character leads her to her death at the hands of Boone, it is possible to loot her body for a key and use it to unlock a safe in the room at the entrance. Unlocking said safe will make the player character able to get a note (bill of sale), incriminating Jeannie May of selling Carla into slavery.

Other interactions

 * The player character can purchase a hotel room key from Jeannie May for 100 caps, or for free if the player character has Accepted status with Novac. She stipulates that you can use it "until the busy season comes," which translates to "indefinitely."
 * If asked about places to shop, she will direct the player character to the souvenir shop. If you mention it to Cliff Briscoe, he will then offer a discount, and with sufficiently high Barter and Novac reputation, will sell and buy at base cost.

Appearances
Jeannie May Crawford appears only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Bugs

 * If you don't ask Jeannie May to come out to the front of the dinosaur when you first talk to her about Boone's wife, the dialogue option won't appear again later. To lead her there after that, you must go to her house at night and wake her up. When you talk to her then, it will give the option again.
 * After revealing her past and allowing Boone to deal with her, all the items in her house will inexplicably be marked red. However, stealing them results in no Karma loss. Her fridge lock (Average and red highlighted) can be picked for (base) 44 XP and no Karma loss. Her bed still can't be used though. (Note: Her house can reach this state before you kill her and as long as you've picked up the Bill of Sale as well)
 * Sometimes when going to her house to tell her to accompany you out in front of the dinosaur, if you push past her to exit the front door as she is exiting, she will freeze just outside her front door. Waiting will not help and the dialogue option for her to follow you is gone. The best 2 options are load from a previous save (autosave will not help) or "push" her all the way in front of the dinosaur. To push her just get behind her and walk forward keeping the mouse centered on her at all times or you will slip past, this is a bit tedious but it does work.