FLASHPOINT for May 14, 2006

Sunday, May 14, 2006 | 7:20 a.m.

By Jon Ralston ralston@vegas.com

So that committee to study something that the folks who appointed the committee already have decided will hold its first meeting May 18. They are calling it a task force to examine whether the city needs a "new, state of the art special events center." But its real task is to rubber-stamp the intentions of Mayor Oscar Goodman and County Commission Chairman Rory Reid, who already have indicated the Thomas & Mack is a relic. But they are afraid to say it. So they have appointed a bunch of staffers and private folks to be a buffer. After the task is completed and the green light is given, Goodman and Reid are scheduled to appoint a Committee to See if Government Should Reach into Your Pocket to Pay for the New Arena.

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