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Oscar and Carolyn Goodman share the love after his mayoral roast at Green Valley Ranch in February.
Published Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | 1:51 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | 4:35 p.m.
I received a voice mail from Mayor Oscar Goodman on Monday afternoon. “John, this is your favorite mayor, and, by golly, you do work” was the message. Risking overkill on this issue (like that's going to stop me), the mayor's message was in response to the blog I posted over the weekend that he has no Internet aptitude and no interest in gaining such. I called him back on his office line, and he reiterated that he is not online savvy and will likely never be online savvy. Clearly, in his view, it does not limit his ability to govern, as he’s able sustain a pulse for the new Las Vegas City Hall project and make frequent promotional appearances without logging on to anything.com. When something is posted online that requires Goodman’s attention, such as a blog about his lack of Internet aptitude, a staffer usually puts a printout of the document in his possession. Then, and only then, does he read it.
We talked of the heretofore-uncharted mayoral territory of Facebook and Twitter, and I said that when he announces if he’ll run for governor, he should first tell me so I can tweet the news. He paused and asked, “I wonder if Carolyn has Twitter. Do you think she has Twitter?” He was speaking of his wife, Carolyn, who is president of Meadows School. I said, “I think, in her position, she would at least know about Twitter, yes.” The mayor paused, seeming not to know how to process that possibility. Then I offered, “I’ll show you Twitter next time I see you,” knowing that if we do make this connection, Goodman followers will be reading “Bombay Sapphire time” updates every day at 5 p.m.
John
Do you get paid for this?
Handsomely.
One has to question the abilities of anyone who refuses to use the internet. Good luck with that!
John Katsilometes, Do not pay any attention to tvegas he has not got a clue.
Whats_in _the_box routinely questions the news worhtiness of articles the Sun prints. I am sure the Greenspun family will all to soon fire all of the editors and journalists and let the village idiot whats_in _the _box have complete control over what is printed and what is not.
Keep up the good work and ignore these little minds.