Carolyn Goodman
Vegas Moment
One less Paper milk bottle to worry about
December 13th, 2012
As Mayor Carolyn Goodman will tell you, she’s a straight-shooter—and she proved it at the Dec. 6 opening of the Strip Gun Club. It’s the seventh shooting range licensed in the Valley this year, but the trend hasn’t sparked much concern among local officials. Read more »
Kefauver Day and Unintended Consequences
November 13th, 2012
Nov. 15 is Kefauver Day, complete with a proclamation by Mayor Carolyn Goodman. And if you like ironies and politics, this day is for you. Read more »
‘I Am Relentless’
Secrets to the workmanlike first year of our second Goodman
July 12th, 2012
During our conversation on everything from her devotion to education to the role-reversal with her husband, Carolyn Goodman smoothly steers the discussion in a direction that casts Las Vegas in the warmest glow. She’s found a way to follow up the answer to just about any question with an unprompted monologue about downtown’s renaissance: The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, the new Lied Discovery Museum (set to open early next year), the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, the planned new sports arena slated for the city’s 61-acre Symphony Park—all are front-of-mind topics for Goodman. Because, to her, all are evidence that the work that her husband started can, indeed, be completed. Read more »
Carolyn and the Continuity of Change
June 7th, 2012
Carolyn Goodman is nearing the end of her first full year as mayor of Las Vegas. Few have noticed. That may be both significant and good. Read more »
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Learning From the Masters
June 23rd, 2011
As his mayoral days dwindle down to a precious few, the question is, how much influence will Oscar Goodman continue to wield at City Hall? The easy answer is, much more than if Chris Giunchigliani had been elected mayor. But the new mayor is Carolyn Goodman, and while she would be unwise to try to ape her husband (anyone who succeeded would require a bionic liver), there is much she can learn from him. Read more »
The Week
Sunny Memories, Made in Vegas
June 16th, 2011
If you simply must get away, there are a number of frugal options: Cut your trip in half and make it a Barstow summer. Or enjoy Tonopah. Most likely, though, you’ll want to stay home for the big Carolyn Goodman coronation on July 6, the way Londoners postponed travel plans to line the streets for Will and Kate. Oscar, after all, will be on hand, lamenting that he has but one wife to give for his city. Read more »
The Week
The City Decides
June 2nd, 2011
A person in the know politically, who shall remain nameless, neatly summed up the Las Vegas mayor’s race the other day by telling me he was glad he lived outside city limits, because he’d have a hard time voting for either candidate come Election Day on June 7. Given that Carolyn Goodman and Chris Giunchigliani could not be more different, that may seem a bit of a head-scratcher. But it makes perfect sense if you’ve been paying attention. Read more »
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Old-School Visionary
The nostalgic future of Carolyn Goodman
April 14th, 2011
Carolyn Goodman, who will face off against Chris Giunchigliani on June 7 for the right to be Las Vegas’ next mayor, has been admirably clear about her major policy goal: She wants carry on her the legacy of her husband, Mayor Oscar Goodman. Read more »
Politics
An election to remember?
April 14th, 2011
A week of analysis later, Carolyn Goodman’s 18,040 votes and 37 percent of the vote mean everything and nothing. The outcome may have repudiated the notion of a Goodman dynasty, or been an impressive outing for a candidate without the political background of her leading opponents. Or neither, since turnout was below 20 percent. Read more »
