Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman told a group of fourth graders on Monday that if he was marooned on a desert island the one thing he would want to have with him is a bottle of gin.<\/p>\n
And when a student quizzed Goodman about his hobbies he replied that “drinking” was one of them, said Mackey Elementary School Principal Kamala Washington [. . .]\n
Goodman was unapologetic for his comments [. . .] “I’m the George Washington of mayors. I can’t tell a lie. If they didn’t want the answer, the kid shouldn’t have asked the question,” Goodman said. “It’s me, what can I do?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I wish I could follow this up with a joke or a quip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vegas, as long-time readers know, is among my favorite places in the U.S., basically because it doesn’t even pretend to be real. Over on Drudge this morning, there was a link to this story about LV’s mayor speaking to a room of 4th graders: Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman told a group of fourth graders … <\/p>\n
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