Las Vegas NowMayor Quickly Exits News Conference
(Apr. 7) -- Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman made a quick exit in the middle of his weekly news conference Thursday. Eyewitness News political analyst Jon Ralston, and Face to Face producer Dana Gentry both asked the mayor questions about his alleged ethics violations. They were questions the mayor was not about to answer.
Mayor Goodman: "I'm not gonna discuss that."
Ralston: "Why not?"
Mayor Goodman: "I'm not gonna talk to you, that's why."
Ralston: "Why not?"
Mayor Goodman: "I say that respectfully, I have no respect for you."
Ralston: "So you're not going to answer any questions?"
Mayor Goodman: "I'm not gonna answer any of your questions, I have no respect for you."
Ralston: "Well, I'm gonna keep asking them. You can decide what you wanna do."
Mayor Goodman: "Anybody else? I'll see ya everybody, thank you."
Dana Gentry: "Mayor, I had a question. After the 2001 attacks, you said you needed to augment city revenue, and that was at the time you proposed the gin endorsement, and the money would go to homeless services. At what point did you decide to give half of the money to the Meadows?"
Mayor Goodman: "Well, you know that's a lie. I did not make that decision. I'm not gonna participate in anything to do with this gentleman here. It's a lie. I never made the decision that money would go any place. That decision was made by Larry Ruvo, and you know it. That's it folks."
Mayor Oscar Goodman is scheduled to appear before the state ethics board on May 12th and 13th. The public hearing will begin at 9 a.m. at the Grant Sawyer building downtown.
You can watch the proceedings live on our sister cable station, Las Vegas One, channels 1 and 19.
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