Proposed Las Vegas City Hall Project
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman wants a new downtown Las Vegas City Hall. The cost of the project: anywhere from $150 million to $267 million. Goodman argues that it would create good-paying construction jobs in these tough economic times. He feels that the project is a key to the redevelopment of the city's downtown.
However, the 60,000-member Culiary Union is opposing Mayor Oscar Goodman push.
Then there is the issue of the developer: Developer, Forest City plans to use some public funds to build the new City Hall. In this series, we look into other Forest City projects and the other issues surrounding this controversial project.
» 3/5/09: The Latest on New City Hall
D. Taylor, Sec-Treas, Culinary Workers Union, Local 226
Brad Jerbic, LV City Attorney
... on Las Vegas City Council's recent vote to deny two ballot initiatives pushed by the local culinary union on the June municipal ballot. One initiative would make any lease-purchase agreements, like the one planned to finance a proposed new city hall, subject to public vote. The other would repeal the city's redevelopment plan.
» 2/6/09: Atlantic Yards
Matthew Scheurman, Reporter, WNYC
Chris Smith, Reporter, NY Magazine
Daniel Goldstein, Founder, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
... on Forest City's efforts in Brooklyn.
» 1/30/09: Forest City
Jim Boren, columnist, The Fresno Bee
Joe Moore, Station Manager, KFSR
... on the corporate strategy of a Cleveland-based developer Forest City, which is seeking to build a new LV City Hall. We talk about their major projects in Fresno and Brooklyn and how they relate to ours.
» 1/23/09: LV City Hall Controversy
Doug Selby, LV City Manager
Scott Adams, Dir, LV Office of Business Development
Juanita Clark, board member, Charleston Neighborhood Preservation
Chris Bohner, Research Dir, Culinary Union Local 226
Sean Snaith, Dir, Inst for Economic Competitiveness, UCF
David Swenson, Assoc Scientist and lecturer, Dept of Economics, IA State U
... on the latest on the Culinary Union's push to halt Mayor Goodman's plan for a new quarter billion dollar City Hall. |
City Hall Guest Panel |
» 1/13/09: LV City Hall Controversy
D. Taylor, Secretary-Treasurer, Culinary Union
... on why the local culinary union is opposed to the construction of a new city hall. Mayor Oscar Goodman and Las Vegas City Council members declined the interview.
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