Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman invited the Leadership Las Vegas Class of 2009 to his office on Friday for an informal introduction to the Office of the Mayor. The experience was great. Mayor Goodman was, as always, extremely cordial and answered all of the questions we had for him.

Mayor Goodman spent most of the allotted time addressing what he called the “fight of the city’s life.” For over a decade, Goodman has worked tirelessly toward his vision of a redeveloped and revitalized downtown. Economic ups and downs have created some delay. However, there has never before been an obstruction to these efforts as dark and deceptive as recent efforts put forth by the  Culinary Union. Culinary Local 226 may actually have blown enough smoke to create a problem for the City Council. But, are citizens so blind as to sign petitions without knowing the implications?
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