Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006 | 7:23 a.m.
As L.A. Times blogger Richard Abowitz pointed out, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman was unavailable in Europe when reporters tried to reach him last week about the incendiary Bill Walters report. Abowitz added, "the unavailable Oscar Goodman was actually phoning home to Vegas to brag" to a Sun reporter: "Even on the Spanish Steps, they know me as the mayor of Las Vegas ... And what I've been asked about is not the entertainment, food, shops and gambling in Las Vegas, but how we're redefining ourselves with projects like the Alzheimer's Center and performing arts center. Word is out that we're becoming a world-class city." Asked Abowitz: "Does anyone really believe any part of this?" A very good question.
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