Thursday, March 03, 2005
Yahoo! News/AP: Vegas Mayor tells class of fourth graders of his love for gin
Las Vegas- Mayor Oscar Goodman said he was just being himself when he told a class of fourth graders that drinking was one of his hobbies and that the one thing he would want if stranded on an island is a bottle of gin.
Goodman, who has been mentioned as a possible candidate for governor said he answered the question honestly and truthfully. "I'm not going to lie to children. I'm not going to say I would take a teddy bear or a Bible or something like that." Asked by a reporter if he had a drinking problem, Goodman answered, "Oh absolutely not. I love to drink."
He hosts regular "Martinis with the Mayor" events.
Principal Kemala Washington later called the comments inappropriate but said the students did not appear to understand. "It just went over their heads," Washington said.
Goodman, who has been mentioned as a possible candidate for governor said he answered the question honestly and truthfully. "I'm not going to lie to children. I'm not going to say I would take a teddy bear or a Bible or something like that." Asked by a reporter if he had a drinking problem, Goodman answered, "Oh absolutely not. I love to drink."
He hosts regular "Martinis with the Mayor" events.
Principal Kemala Washington later called the comments inappropriate but said the students did not appear to understand. "It just went over their heads," Washington said.
